| Item title: | Air intelligence records |
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| Location: | Australian War Memorial (AWM55 5/24) 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 5/24 |
| Inst. series: | AWM55 |
| Inst. sub-series: | AWM55 5/- |
| Item: | EP-282 |
Item qualities | |
| Quantity / desc: | 61 pages |
| Access: | Open |
| Item type: | Unpublished, Official |
| Category: | Intelligence report |
Item content | |
| Creation date (d/m/y): | 16/1/1945 |
| Conflict code: | Pacific War (1941-1945) |
| Keywords: | AERIAL OPERATIONS, ANTI AIRCRAFT, BOMBS, IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY AIR SERVICE, NAVAL OPERATIONS, AIRCRAFT, MILITARY INSTRUCTION MANUAL |
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| Japanese unit names: | 4th Air Army HQ 14th Air Repair Depot 4th Air Army 59th Flying Regt 6th Flying Div |
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| Languages: | English |
| Area: | New Guinea [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands)] Hollandia (Jayapura) [Melanesia (PNG, Irian Jaya & Solomon Islands), Dutch New Guinea (Irian Jaya)] |
| Content: | This is an Allied Translator and Interpreter Section (ATIS) translation of a Japanese publication captured at Hollandia (Jayapura) on 2 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 contains a file of intelligence records issued by 4th Air Army Headquarters, belonging to Shin 9304 Force (14th Air Repair Depot), dated 21 December 1943 to 10 March 1944. It contains a chart showing offensive operations for 6th Flying Division for the latter part of December 1943, a chart showing the positions of Allied warships and other vessels in eastern New Guinea from 1 December 1943 to 9 March 1944; a chart showing the number and type of Allied aircraft attacking eastern New Guinea from mid-December 1943 to 10 March 1944; estimates of the number of Allied aircraft in eastern New Guinea at the end of January 1944, on 15 February and 10 March 1944; charts showing operations of 4th Air Army from 1 February to 10 March 1944; and a chart showing the results of anti-aircraft action for the period 1 to 10 March 1944. This item also contains a description of attacks by the 59th Flying Regiment using aerial burst bombs, and instructions on how such attacks should be conducted. |
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| Last modified: | 03/05/2009 09:07:19 AM |
| Source: | AJRP staff |
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