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OBJECT TYPE: Fixing
DATE: 1944
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1992.2818.001

MANUFACTURER: Geographical Section, General Staff, War Office
MODEL: Central German
LOCATION: England

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
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: 113.0 cm
Width: 84.3 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: Unknown

Context

Country: Europe
State/Province: Unknown
Period: WWII (1939-1945)/ this map is dated 1944 (overprint drawn 1945)
Canada: many Canadians served as Navigators in RCAF squadrons attached to RAF commands during WWII
Function: 2 dimensional graphic representation of a section of the earth's surface/ fixing position is to calculate by a variety of means the current "fix" or location of an airplane or ship, which is indicated on the fixing chart, so the course can be verified & adusted if necessary
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: lettering along top above edge of map reads: "Scale 1:1,000,000 SCALE 1:1,000,000 CENTRAL GERMAN FIXING CHART"; the following lettering has been crossed over in the overprint: "RADAR PLOTTING CHART EDITION OF AUGUST 1944 LONDON - BERLIN"; lettering along bottom below edge of map reads: "G.S.G.S. 4598 A B C/Published by War Office 1944/27,000/7/45.Cr./PROJECTION: CONICAL ORTHOMORPHIC/Scale 1:1,000,000 Compiled and drawn at G.S.G.S. (A.M.) 1944/Photolithographed by O.S. 1944/Overprint drawn at G.S.G.S. (A.M.) July 1945"
Missing: N/A
Finish: colour map on white background; predom. white with brown lines & water in blue
Decoration: N/A

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Geographical Section, General Staff, War Office, Map, 1944, Artifact no. 1992.2818, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.2818.001/

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