| Item title: | TANABE Mitsumasa 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-142 (Serial no. 223) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 12 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 12/8/1943 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY AIR SERVICE, INTERROGATION, INTELLIGENCE, JAPANESE AIRCRAFT, MITSUBISHI G4M |
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| Japanese unit names: | 4th Air Corps 3rd Squad 4th Air Flight |
| Names: | TANABE Mitsumasa, 2nd Flight Sgt |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Japan–Formosa Rabaul Area [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain] Papua [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands)] New Guinea [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands)] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for Flight Sergeant TANABE Mitsumasa of the 4th Air Corps 3rd Squad 4th Air Flight, who was captured in Sipoma in New Guinea on 23 June 1943. TANABE, a 20 year old Flight Sergeant from Shimane, crash-landed in the sea with engine trouble and was captured by local soldiers after he reached shore. During the interrogation, TANABE provided information on unit organisation, operations he had been involved in, capabilities of Betty (Mitsubishi G4M) and other types of planes, and morale in Japan. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:05:35 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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