| Item title: | JA100046 interrogation report |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 6/7) 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 6/7 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 6/- |
| Item: | IR-319 (Serial no. 458) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 38 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 26/6/1944 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY AIR SERVICE, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION, AIRCRAFT CARRIERS, NAKAJIMA AIRCRAFT |
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| Japanese unit names: | 1st Carrier Division 3rd Fleet Zuihô Shôkaku Zuikaku |
| Names: | JA100046, Leading Airman |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Bougainville [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands)] Truk Island [Central Pacific, Caroline Islands] Vunakanau Airfield [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain, Rabaul Area] Kavieng [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, New Ireland] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for JA100046 of the 1st Carrier Division 3rd Fleet, who was captured on 5 November 1944. His operation base was an aircraft carrier, Zuihô. JA100046, a 22 year old Leading Airman from Hiroshima Prefecture, was picked up from the sea by an American destroyer after his plane was shot down off Bougainville by Allied naval machine-gun fire. Two other crew were drowned. During the interrogation, JA100046 provided information on unit organisation, movements, naval ships such as Shôkaku and Zuikaku, Type 97 Torpedo Bomber Mark 2 (Kate), training to release torpedos, identification patches for airmen, and installations on Moen Island in Truk. Diagrams of Zuihô, Zuihô's radar, torpedo sights, Vunakanau Airfield, Kavieng airfield, as well as sketch maps of Moen Island and its installations are attached. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:06:21 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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