| Item title: | JA147113 interrogation report |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 6/7) 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 interrogation reports |
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Location details | |
| Institution: | Australian War Memorial |
| Call number: | AWM55 6/7 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 6/- |
| Item: | IR-324A (Serial no. 464) |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 17 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Interrogation report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 2/7/1944 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY AIR SERVICE, INTERROGATION, INTELLIGENCE, RADAR, NAKAJIMA AIRCRAFT, NAVIGATION, TRAINING |
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| Japanese unit names: | 6th Navigation Aid Unit |
| Names: | JA147113, Superior Pte |
| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Talasea [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain, Kimbe Bay] Tokyo [Japan–Formosa, Honshû] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) interrogation report for JA147113 of the 6th Navigation Aid Unit, who was captured on 13 March 1944. JA147113, a 22 year old Superior Private from Tokyo, was weak from diarrhoea and could not walk when he was captured by US troops. During the interrogation, JA147113 provided information on unit organisation, movements, tasks of the unit (which was to provide navigational aid to friendly planes), radar, training, and Nakajima factories in Tokyo and Musashino. A sketch of "Chi" No. 1 Model 2 (Radio) Directional Finder is attached. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:06:46 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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