| Item title: | 51st Division air–ground communications |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 5/9) 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 5/9 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 5/- |
| Item: | EP-103 |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 40 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Instruction manual |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 24/3/1944 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | AERIAL OPERATIONS, JAPANESE AIRCRAFT, AMERICAN AIRCRAFT, AIRCRAFT SPOTTING, ANTI AIRCRAFT, IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY AIR SERVICE, IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY AIR SERVICE, COMMUNICATIONS, COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT |
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| Japanese unit names: | 51st Div 66th Infantry Regt 2nd Bn |
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| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Komiatum [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Mubo–Salamaua Area] Mount Tambu [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Mubo–Salamaua Area] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) translation of a Japanese publication captured in the Komiatum-Mt Tambu area on 15 August 1943 during the Japanese retreat from campaigns in the Owen Stanley Ranges. This item is a ground communications manual dated November 1942 to January 1943. It contains signals and codes for air–ground liaison by panel display, morse signals, lights, pyrotechnics, visual hand signals, radio and airplane movements. It also contains identification charts for Japanese aircraft and recognition characteristics, estimated performance, specification and crews for American aircraft. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:01:58 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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