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OBJECT TYPE: Air Route
DATE: 1945
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1994.0804.001

MANUFACTURER: Royal Air Force
MODEL: Cairo West to U.K.
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; card stock cover; steel spikes

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 33.0 cm
Width: 24.0 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: 3.0 cm
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: Europe
State/Province: Unknown
Period: WWII (1939-1945); hand written notation on cover includes the date April 21, 1945
Canada: Unknown
Function: contains navigational and communications information, including maps, for flight from Cairo to Great Britain/ likely issued to Pilot for duration of flight
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: lettering on front cover reads: "Route No 1./CONFIDENTIAL/AIR ROUTE BOOK/From CAIRO WEST/To U.K./NAVIGATION BRANCH/H.Q. 216 GROUP/HAND IN TO BRIEFING OFFICER/ON COMLETION OF/FLIGHT/No. 10 STAGING POST/R.A.F., M.E.F./Please return to BRIEFING/Recommended 21/4/45/9(?)62/PMEJ/1 - 9/44"
Missing: back cover
Finish: predom black printed text, b + w tables & images, b + w & colour maps on white pages; cover has black printed, blue hand written & purple ink stamped lettering on tan background
Decoration: maps & photgraphic images inslde

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Royal Air Force, Book, circa 1945, Artifact no. 1994.0804, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1994.0804.001/

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