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AIRCRAFT IDENTIFICATION CHART

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1944

Overview

A cream coloured sheet of paper, with text , top and bottom. The sheet is divided into 30 sections (5x6). Each section has a face on, side, and below view silhouette of a Japanese aircraft, including name, type and specifications. 4 sections remain blank, and 1 contains text.
All pictures and text are black.
Text in last square:(THIS DIAGRAM SUPERSEDES / R.A.A.F. DIAGRAMS 250 M/1, M/4, / & M/5, & R.A.A.F. DIAGRAM 250 / P/2. WHICH ARE OUT OF DATE / & SHOULD BE DESTROYED. / MUCH OF THIS INFORMATION / WAS OBTAINED FROM EXAMIN- / ATION OF CRASHED OR CAPTURED / ENEMY AIRPLANES. DO NOT / INTERFERE WITH THIS VITAL / SOURCE. DO NOT SOUVENIR.)

Historical information

A 1944 identification chart of Japanese First Line Airplanes,issued by authority of the AIR BOARD. It is numbered as R.A.A.F.DIAGRAM 2773. Used by members of the Armadale RSL who were involved in home defence units including a search light unit located on the western side of the railway along Forrest Road and the volunteer Air Observers Corps

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-33-COA2019.2

Item type

Documents

Material

Paper

Width

46 cm

Height or length

69 cm

Themes

People

Social History

War and Conflict

Inscriptions and markings

Title at top [RESTRICTED / JAPANESE FIRST LINE AIRPLANES / DO NOT SOUVENIR]. Text at bottom of poster [FOR RECOGNITION PURPOSES ONLY / BY AUTHORITY AIR BOARD---R.A.A.F.DIAGRAM 273 / JUNE.1944

Keywords

Volunteer Air Observers Corps

World War Two

Japan

Royal Australian Air Force

Returned Servicemen's League - Armadale Branch

Australian Air Board

Year

1944

Statement of significance

MEDIUM
Interpretive potential: One method of recognising Japanese aircraft, issued to the R.A.A.F.
Condition: Fragile, stained and torn.
The chart belonged to the Armadale RSL who's members during World War II would have used it when working as part of a series of home defence units including a search light team located near where Forrest Road crosses the railway line and Volunteers Air Observer Corps.

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