| Item title: | JA147250 interrogation report |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 6/8) 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 6/8 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 6/- |
| Item: | IR-353 (Serial no. 490) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 6 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 17/7/1944 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY, INTELLIGENCE, INTERROGATION, AIR RAIDS, AIRCRAFT SPOTTING, ANTI-AIRCRAFT, JAPANESE TANKS, INDUSTRY, FACTORIES |
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| Japanese unit names: | 39th Field Anti-aircraft Bn |
| Names: | JA147250, Sgt |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Aichi Prefecture [Japan–Formosa, Honshû] Nagoya [Japan–Formosa, Honshû, Aichi Prefecture] New Britain [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago] Rabaul [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain, Rabaul Area] Vunakanau Airfield [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain, Rabaul Area] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for JA147250 of the 39th Field Anti-aircraft Battalion unit, who was captured near Kometto, New Britain, on 29 March 1944. JA147250, a 30 year old Sergeant (Section Leader) from Aichi Prefecture, surrendered to US Marines. During the interrogation, JA147250 provided information on Japanese methods of identifying Allied airplanes at Rabaul and Vunakanau, Allied air raids on Rabaul and Vunakanau in February and May 1943, Japanese tanks at Vunakanau, the Kanamori Iron Works and the Yamamoto Iron Works in Nagoya. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:06:12 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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