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OBJECT TYPE: Plotting
DATE: 1944
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1989.0506.003

MANUFACTURER: General Staff (Great Britain)
MODEL: WESTERN GERMANY SHEET N.W. 48/1
LOCATION: London, England

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 3
Total Parts: 6
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: paper

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 111.0 cm
Width: 81.0 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Aviation
Category: Navigation instruments & equipment
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Defence UK
Country: England
State/Province: Unknown
City: London

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: WWII (1939-1945); June 1944 edition of an original produced 1941
Canada: the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP) was a significant contribution to the Allied war effort
Function: possibly for use on plotting table attached to Link Trainer flight simulator to record flight data for instrument flying instruction
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: lettering along top border reads: "PLOTTING SERIES/EDITION OF JUNE 1944/WESTERN GERMANY SHEET N.W. 48/1"; lettering along bottom border reads: "Geographical Section, General Staff, No. 4080/Published by War Office 1941./200,000/7/44.Cr./MERCATOR PROJECTION SCALE 1:1,000,000 AT 56[degrees]N./HEIGHTS SHOWN IN METRES/Drawn and Heliographed at O.S. 1941."
Missing: N/A
Finish: red map printed on white background
Decoration: N/A

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General Staff (Great Britain), Map, 1944, Artifact no. 1989.0506, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1989.0506.003/

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