Map, Escape, Silk, A/B, France, 1943, RAF & USAAF

Great and scarce genuine WWII British escape silk map of Northern France (43/A) on one side, and Southern France on the other (43/B). Scale: 1:000,0000. The various insets show enlargements of the borders with Spain and Switzerland. 

In 1943, a new series of ten silk maps in eight colors, printed on silk and covering most of Europe -- apart from the British Isles and Scandinavia -- was issued to RAF and USAAF aircrews. Designed by the MI9 and produced by John Waddington Ltd., they were 50 per cent larger than the famous Bartholomew maps -- with the border regions detailed in separate, larger-scale boxes.

These ten maps were referenced by letters A to K preceded by mention 43, which corresponds to the year of publication. They are all 1:1000.000 scale (1 cm to 10 km) and double-sided printed sequentially: A/B, C/D, E/F, G/H and K(West)/K(East). Others were produced in smaller quantities: C/E, D/F and F/G.

Perfect overall condition.