Item title: | Handbook for submarine and air-plane spotters |
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Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 5/11) View information about obtaining a copy of this document |
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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 5/11 |
Inst. series: | AWM55 |
Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 5/- |
Item: | EP-131 |
Item qualities | |
Quantity / desc: | 23 pages |
Access: | Open |
Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
Category: | Administrative document, Instruction manual |
Item content | |
Creation date (d/m/y): | 14/5/1944 |
Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
Keywords: | AIRCRAFT SPOTTING, ANTI SUBMARINE, ANTI AIRCRAFT, IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY, NAVAL TRAINING, AMERICAN AIRCRAFT, SIGNALLING |
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Japanese unit names: | Korea 2099 Force |
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Languages: | English |
Area: | Blucher Point [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Huon Peninsula, Fortification Point–Sio Area] |
Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) translation of a Japanese publication captured at Blucher Point on 1 January 1944 during the Huon Peninsula campaigns. This item is a training manual entitled "Reference book for anti-submarine and anti-aircraft lookouts" dated 25 November 1942. It contains instructions for submarine and aircraft spotters, including general principles, Allied submarine and aircraft tactics, signalling, the organisation of spotters onboard and techniques for judging ranges and altitudes. |
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Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:01:35 AM |
Source: | AJRP staff |
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