| Item title: | SAKAGAWA Bun interrogation report |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 6/3) 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 interrogation reports |
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Location details | |
| Institution: | Australian War Memorial |
| Call number: | AWM55 6/3 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 6/- |
| Item: | IR-89 (Serial no. 148) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 16 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 2/6/1943 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY AIR SERVICE, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION, AIRCRAFT |
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| Japanese unit names: | 705th Air Corps 5th Unit |
| Names: | SAKAGAWA Bun, LAC |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Rabaul Area [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain] Fergusson Island [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Papuan Islands, D'Entrecasteaux Islands] Tinian [Central Pacific, North Mariana Islands] Saipan [Central Pacific, North Mariana Islands] Milne Bay [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Papua] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for Leading Aircraftman SAKAGAWA Bun of the 705th Air Corps 5th Unit, who was captured on Fergusson Island on 15 April 1943 by Australian troops when his plane was shot down during a mission to Milne Bay. SAKAGAWA was a 20 year old Leading Aircraftman from Fukui. During the interrogation, SAKAGAWA initially tried to make up stories. Eventually, he provided information on unit organisation, aircraft, ranks, and air bases in the Pacific. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:04:45 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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