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2 items extracted from AIR 14/353. Maps of north-west Europe, based on a standard...
Catalogue reference: MF 1/2
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This record is about the 2 items extracted from AIR 14/353. Maps of north-west Europe, based on a standard... dating from [c 1942] in the series Public Record Office: maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- MF 1/2
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c 1942]
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2 items extracted from AIR 14/353. Maps of north-west Europe, based on a standard John Bartholomew edition and intended to be used by escapers and evaders during World War II. (1) Map of area between 6°W and 9°E and between 47°N and 54°N, showing rivers, waterways, place names, main roads, secondary roads, special motorways, railways, sea-routes; international boundaries. Scale bars in miles and kilometres. Latitudes and longitudes shown. (2) Map of area between 48°N and 54°N and between 5°W and 8°E, showing rivers, place names, roads, distances between major towns; international boundaries; sea routes from Atlantic, Channel and Baltic ports. Latitudes and longitudes shown.Dimensions of sheets: (1) 49.5 cm x 46 cm; (2) 41 cm x 48 cm.
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See also WO 418
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- English
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- 1:2000000
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- Open Document, Open Description
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