| Item title: | Weather observation for aerial navigation |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 5/7) 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 5/7 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 5/- |
| Item: | EP-81 |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 12 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Instruction manual |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 30/1/1944 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | AERIAL OPERATIONS, MILITARY INSTRUCTION MANUAL, METEOROLOGY, STORMS, CLIMATE, IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY AIR SERVICE |
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| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Lae [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), New Guinea, Huon Peninsula, Lae–Markham River Area] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) translation of a Japanese publication captured at Lae on 25 September 1943 shortly after the fall of Lae and the Japanese retreat across the Finisterre Ranges. This item is a pamphlet on meteorology entitled "Observation of fog and squalls, with reference to suitability for flying". It contains information about weather conditions peculiar to the South-West Pacific and instructions on the observation and forecasting of fog and squalls. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:06:17 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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