| Item title: | 4th Air Army 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-268 |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 64 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Military order |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 4/1/1945 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | AERIAL OPERATIONS, JAPANESE AIRCRAFT, CHEMICAL WARFARE, AIR FORCE TRAINING, MILITARY ORDERS |
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| Japanese unit names: | 4th Air Army |
| Names: | TERAMOTO Kumaichi, CO 4th Air Army |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Wewak [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Aitape–Wewak Area] Hollandia (Jayapura) [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Dutch New Guinea (Irian Jaya)] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) translation of a Japanese publication captured at Hollandia on 29 May 1944 during the Allied attacks on Japanese positions in northern Dutch New Guinea, which were intended to isolate the 18th Army at Wewak. This item contains the operational orders of 4th Air Army, issued at Wewak by 4th Air Army Commanding Officer TERAMOTO Kumaichi, dated 2 January to 22 March 1944. It contains operational orders concerning the transfer and assignment of units, combat training, transportation operations, order of battle, tactical training, the attack on Allied landing operations in the Admiralty Islands in March 1944, and chemical warfare preparations. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:03:16 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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