| Item title: | Allied air raids on Tsurubu |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 5/10) 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 enemy publications |
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Location details | |
| Institution: | Australian War Memorial |
| Call number: | AWM55 5/10 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 5/- |
| Item: | EP-124 |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 48 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Intelligence report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 24/4/1944 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | AERIAL OPERATIONS, AIR RAIDS, AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION, ANTI AIRCRAFT, BOATS, INTELLIGENCE, STRAFING |
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| Japanese unit names: | No. 4 Air Intelligence Unit No. 1 Coy 2nd Intelligence Section Matsuda Detachment Tsurubu Boating Unit Bushing Boating Unit |
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| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Tuluvu [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain] Cape Gloucester [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) translation of a Japanese publication captured at Cape Gloucester, presumably late in 1943 during the campaign to capture New Britain. This item is a file of intelligence reports from No. 4 Air Intelligence Unit, No. 1 Company, 2nd Intelligence section between 1 May and 27 November 1943 on Allied air attacks in the Tsurubu (Tuluvu) area. It contains information and statistical data on Allied objectives and tactics, time of attacks, damage sustained and a record of defensive anti-aircraft fire, the location of units billeted in the area and construction work on the local airfields. This item also contains a record of the duties of the Matsuda Detachment and the activities of the Tsurubu and Bushing Boat Units. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:02:30 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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