| Item title: | JA145557 interrogation report |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 6/5) 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 6/5 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 6/- |
| Item: | IR-197 (Serial no. 296) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 21 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 23/11/1943 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY AIR SERVICE, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION, MITSUBISHI AIRCRAFT, JAPANESE AIRCRAFT, COMMUNICATIONS, AERIAL OPERATIONS, AIR FORCE BASES |
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| Japanese unit names: | 702nd Air Corps 1st Unit 7th Group |
| Names: | JA145557, Superior PO |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Ballalae Island [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Solomon Islands, Shortland Islands] Saipan [Central Pacific, North Mariana Islands] Tinian [Central Pacific, North Mariana Islands] Buna Area [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Papua, Owen Stanley Range] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for Superior Petty Officer JA145557 of the 702nd Air Corps 1st Unit 7th Group, who was captured in Buso on 12 July 1943. He was pilot of a Type 1 Betty. JA145557, a 23 year old Superior Petty Officer from Ishikawa, was captured by locals when he reached shore in a rubber boat after his plane crashlanded in the sea off Buna after drifting on a rubber boat. He had built a raft by himself and reached the mainland before his capture. During the interrogation, JA145557 provided information on his unit organisation, aircraft, air operations, communications, and air bases in the Pacific. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:03:19 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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