| Item title: | 248th Flying Regiment operation orders |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 5/23) View information about obtaining a copy of this document |
AJRP details | |
| AJRP module: | Australian War Memorial official records |
| AJRP series: | Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) publications |
| AJRP sub-series: | ATIS enemy publications |
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Location details | |
| Institution: | Australian War Memorial |
| Call number: | AWM55 5/23 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 5/- |
| Item: | EP-266 |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 61 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Administrative document, Military order |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 4/1/1945 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | AERIAL OPERATIONS, JAPANESE AIRCRAFT, AIRFIELDS |
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| Japanese unit names: | 248th Flying Regt |
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| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Aitape [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Aitape–Wewak Area] Wewak [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Aitape–Wewak Area] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) translation of a Japanese publication captured at Aitape on 22 April 1944 when US forces landed at Aitape in an effort to isolate the 18th Army at Wewak. This item contains operational orders numbers 7, 21, 23, 25–27, 29–34, 42–85, 87–10, dated 23 October 1943 to 31 January 1944, for 248th Flying Regiment. The orders concern air protection for convoys, interception of Allied airplanes, attacks on Allied convoys, and landing operations. Operational flight details include assembly points, altitude, formation (with diagrams), routes and emergency landing fields. This item covers the period when the 248th Flying Regiment flew on operations mainly from the Wewak airfields and Hollandia. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:03:20 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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