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OBJECT TYPE: topographical/aeronautical
DATE: 1943
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1994.0694.001

MANUFACTURER: United States Army Air Forces
MODEL: Water (255)
LOCATION: Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

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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: 73.9 cm
Width: 56.0 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: Defense US
Country: United States of America
State/Province: District of Columbia
City: Washington

Context

Country: Europe
State/Province: Unknown
Period: WWII (1939-1945)/ this map is dated May 1943
Canada: Unknown
Function: two dimensional graphic representation of a section of the earth's surface/used for aerial navigation
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: llettering printed on border above map reads: "(255) WATER/N4400-W500/400X800/Not for sale or distribution/For use by War and Navy Department Agencies only/AAF AERONAUTICAL CHART/Advance edition subject to correction/Lambert Conformal Conic Projection/Standard Parallels 33 [degrees] and 45 [degrees] Scale 1:1,000,000/RESTRICTED/WATER"; lettering printed on border below map reads: "WATER/RESTRICTED/Compiled for the U. S. Army Air Forces by the Army Map Service, U. S. Army,/Washington. D.C., from source authorities listed on reverse side, December, 1942/Radio facilities information is supplemented by current data sheet/Lines of equal Magnetic declination for 1941/Aeronautical information January 1943/Ledgend and Notes on reverse side/This chart is prepared for use in daylight,/under white, ultra-violet, red and amber lights./Note: Officers using this chart will mark hereon corrections and additions/which come to their attention and mail direct to AERONAUTICAL CHART/DIVISION, HEADQUARTERS ARMY AIR FORCES, WASHINGTON, D.C./ARMY MAP SERVICE, U.S. ARMY, WASHINGTON, D.C., 113808/MAY 1943/N4400-W500/400X800/Scale 1:1,000,000/WATER (255)/NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN"
Missing: N/A
Finish: colour (predom. white) map on white background
Decoration: none

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United States Army Air Forces, Map, 1943, Artifact no. 1994.0694, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1994.0694.001/

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