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Old 9th July 2006, 03:12
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Re: Australian Spitfires

Frank,
The Monograph that Rick refers to is, believe a stand alone effort. Captain Teruaki Kawano (Retired MSDF) prepared the Monograph on August 29, 1997 whilst he was with the Military History Section National Institute for Defense Studies, 2-2-1 Nakameguro, Meguro-ku, Tokyo Japan.

As I understand it it is a English summary of the kôdô chôsho (action reports) of the Air Groups involved in the '43 raids. The actual kôdô chôsho themselves are only available in Japanese. Until I see them I cannot say one way or the other how accurate they are, but 15 pages does seem rather brief.

However here in Oz there is a historical research group that goes by the name of 'Australia Japanese Research Project'. It is officially funded through the Australian War Memorial and includes many notable Australian and Japanese historians. They have a number of articles available to the general viewer, many absolutely fascinating. Their site is here:
http://ajrp.awm.gov.au/ajrp/ajrp2.ns...e?OpenDocument

I have written to them asking if they have the above monograph and if it is possible to obtain a copy. I will post here when/if I obtain any more information.
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