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OBJECT TYPE: Plotting/Small scale
DATE: 1944
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1992.2811.001

MANUFACTURER: Geographical Section, General Staff, War Office
MODEL: Dublin - Konigsberg
LOCATION: England

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
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: 109.6 cm
Width: 80.0 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: Unknown

Context

Country: Europe
State/Province: Unknown
Period: WWII (1939-1945)/ this is a 1944 2nd edition of a map published in 1942
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/ a plotting chart is an outline map devoid of topographical or hydrographic details, used to plot or draw an airplane or ship's course based on readings & calculations acquired from navigational instruments
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: lettering along top above edge of map reads: "SMALL SCALE PLOTTING SERIES (SECOND EDITION) DUBLIN - KONIGSBERG N.W. 46/8/(SPECIAL SHEET)"; lettering along bottom below edge of map reads: "G.S.G.S. (AIR) No 5012./Pubished by War Office, 1942./2nd Edition, 1944./25,140/12/44 Cr./MERCATOR PROJECTION SCALE 1:2,000,000 AT 56 [degrees] N./HEIGHTS SHOWN IN METRES Compiled and drawn at A.D. Maps, Air Ministry. Aug. 1942"
Missing: N/A
Finish: red ink on white background
Decoration: N/A

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Geographical Section, General Staff, War Office, Map, 1944, Artifact no. 1992.2811, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1992.2811.001/

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