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ITEM FORM
Item title: War diary for the 20th Airfield Bn Headquarters
Title (romaji): Dai 20 Hikôjô Daitai Honbu jinchû nisshi
Title (kanji)
Location:National Institute for Defense Studies (Tokyo) (Rikukû Gôhoku hômen 11-12)
AJRP details
AJRP module: National Institute for Defense Studies (Tokyo)
AJRP series: Army campaign reports and records
AJRP sub-series: Army air operations in New Guinea, Solomons and Nth of Australia
AJRP folder: Army air operations to the north of Australia
Location details
Institution: National Institute for Defense Studies (Tokyo)
Call number: Rikukû Gôhoku hômen 11-12
Inst. series: Jinchû nisshi-sentô shôhô nado
Inst. sub-series: Rikugun Kôkû Nyûginia - Soromon, Gôhoku shiryô
Item:
Item qualities
Quantity / desc: 2 items
Access: Open
Item type: Unpublished, Official
Category: Official diary
Item content
Creation date range (d/m/y): 1/10/1943 to 31/10/1943
Conflict code: Pacific War (1941-1945)
Keywords:IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY AIR SERVICE, MILITARY OPERATIONS, OPERATIONS REPORTS
Australian unit names:
Allied unit names:
Japanese unit names:20th Airfield Bn Headquarters
Names:
Languages: Japanese
Area:Dutch New Guinea (Irian Jaya) [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands)]
Banka (Bangka) Island [Netherlands East Indies (Indonesia)]
Flores [Netherlands East Indies (Indonesia)]
Timor [Netherlands East Indies (Indonesia)]
Celebes (Sulawesi) [Netherlands East Indies (Indonesia)]
Content: These items consist of an official diary for the 20th Airfield Bn Headquarters for the period between 1 and 31 October 1943. War diaries contain a detailed daily record of a unit's activities. They were intended to be submitted monthly through the command structure to Imperial HQ, though in practice many were destroyed in the field or kept with the unit.
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