| Item title: | Sketches of Japanese airfields |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 5/15) 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 5/15 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 5/- |
| Item: | EP-174 |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 30 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Administrative document |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 22/8/1944 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | AIRFIELDS, ADMINISTRATIVE DOCUMENTS, AERIAL OPERATIONS, JAPANESE AIRCRAFT, MAPS, IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY AIR SERVICE, INTELLIGENCE |
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| Languages: | English |
| Area: | Biak Island [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Dutch New Guinea (Irian Jaya)] Dutch New Guinea (Irian Jaya) [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands)] Netherlands East Indies (Indonesia) |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) translation of a Japanese publication captured at Bosnik (on Biak Island, Irian Jaya) on 28 May 1944 during the Allied attacks on Japanese positions in northern Dutch New Guinea, which were intended to isolate the 18th Army at Wewak. This item is a collection of 27 sketches of Japanese airfields in the Dutch East Indies and the Dutch New Guinea area. The sketches show runways, revetments, dispersal areas and installations, with comments as to the suitability of airfields for use by various types of aircraft. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:04:28 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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