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OBJECT TYPE: Plotting
DATE: 1943
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1992.2766.001

MANUFACTURER: Geographical Section, General Staff, War Office
MODEL: English Channel
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: 107.0 cm
Width: 79.2 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: donor-user took part in training flights May - Aug. 1944 & operational flights Aug. 25, 1944 - Jan. 13, 1945
Canada: many Canadians served in RCAF squadrons attached to RAF commands during WWII
Function: to indicate targets of operational flights by user-donor with with RCAF No. 433 Squadron as documented in navigational logs (1992.2768)
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: lettering above top reads: "PLOTTING SERIES ENGLISH CHANNEL SHEET N.W. 48/4"; lettering below bottom border reads: "Geographical Section, General Staff No. 4080 War Office, 1941. 5th Edition 1943. MERCATOR PROJECTION SCALE 1:1,000,000 AT 56 (DEGREES) N. HEIGHTS SHOWN IN METRES Reproduced and printed at the Hydrographic and Map Service, Labelle Building, Ottawa, 1943 Drawn and Heliographed at G.S. 1941"; ledgend hand printed in pencil reads: "THIS MAP DEPICTS THE/TARGETS OF OPERATIONAL/FLIGHTS MADE WITH/No. 433 SQUADRON, R.C.A.F.,/BY THE CREW OF F/L J.L. EGGER,/F/O T. RITCHIE, F/S R.J. VAIL,/ F/S/ E.S.W. PURDON, F/S/ J.T. HUFFMAN,/ F/S/ W.F. MACINNIS, SGT. L.G. BROOM/DRAWN BY T.R./MAR.1, 1980"
Missing: N/A
Finish: b + w
Decoration: map of English channel with England & continental Europe on either side; hand drawn ledgend, plotting lines & locations

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Geographical Section, General Staff, War Office, Map, 1943, Artifact no. 1992.2766, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.2766.001/

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