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OBJECT TYPE: topographical/aeronautical/air strip
DATE: 1943
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1994.0763.001

MANUFACTURER: 1 Indian Field Survey Co.
MODEL: Habbaniya - Kuwait
LOCATION: Unknown

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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: 89.0 cm
Width: 65.3 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: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Asia
State/Province: Unknown
Period: WWII (1939-1945)/ this map reproduced June 1943
Canada: Unknown
Function: two dimensional graphic representation of a section of the earth's surface/used for aerial navigation/ overprinted to show location of air strips
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: lettering printed on border above map reads: "Air Strip Map./for official use only./Return to Air H.Q., Iraq & Persia./Habbaniya - Kuwait."; lettering printed on border below map reads: "I.D.R. Misc. 6402/Scale: 1/1,000,000/HEIGHTS IN METRES./Air information supplied by Air H.Q., Iraq & Persia, May 1943./Reproduced by 1 Indian Field Survey Company I.E., June 1943/for Air H.Q., Iraq & Persia from original drawn and compiled by them."
Missing: N/A
Finish: colour map on white background
Decoration: none

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1 Indian Field Survey Co., Map, 1943, Artifact no. 1994.0763, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1994.0763.001/

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