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Item title: JA145581 interrogation report
Title (kanji)
Location:Australian War Memorial (AWM55 6/6)
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AJRP details
AJRP module: Australian War Memorial official records
AJRP series: Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) publications
AJRP sub-series: ATIS interrogation reports
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Location details
Institution: Australian War Memorial
Call number: AWM55 6/6
Inst. series: AWM55
Inst. sub-series: AWM55 6/-
Item: IR-237 (Serial no. 359)
Item qualities
Quantity / desc: 20 pages
Access: Open
Item type: Unpublished, Official
Category: Interrogation report
Item content
Creation date (d/m/y): 18/2/1944
Conflict code: Pacific War (1941-1945)
Keywords:IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY AIR SERVICE, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION, AERIAL OPERATIONS, AIRFIELDS, MITSUBISHI AIRCRAFT, TRAINING
Australian unit names:
Allied unit names:
Japanese unit names:751st Air Unit
Names: JA14558, Superior PO Pilot
Languages: English
Area:Truk Island [Central Pacific, Caroline Islands]
Saipan [Central Pacific, North Mariana Islands]
Tinian [Central Pacific, North Mariana Islands]
Huon Gulf [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Huon Peninsula]
Japan–Formosa
Vunakanau Airfield [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain, Rabaul Area]
Content: This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for Superior Petty Officer Pilot JA14558 of the 751st Air Unit, who was captured in Huon Gulf on 22 September 1943. JA14558, a 23 year old Superior Petty Officer Pilot from Miyagi, was unconscious when he was rescued by a US destroyer after his plane crashed in Huon Gulf. During the interrogation, JA14558 provided information on unit organisation, movements, Japanese bombers, training, air operations, morale in Japan, and air bases in South Pacific Islands. Sketch maps of airfields in the South Pacific Islands and Rabaul are attached.
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