A nice original example of the large and rare Luftgeographische Orientierungskarte I A-B map, issued by the Luftwaffe in 1943 for German bomber aircrew involved in operations against the English South Coast from the Thames to Cornwall. The German
designation "A-B" refers to the England's South Coast; a companion map "C-E" covered England's East Coast and Midlands.
The map shows a number of ground features - steep hills, high cliffs, marshlands, railways, and the like, and also has inset half-tone aerial reconnaissance photographs of typical landscapes.
12" x 28" (30 cms x 68 cms), coloured, folded as issued in 1943 to German Luftwaffe aircrew. A nice, virtually unmarked copy, superb for framing and display, providing a magnificent talking-point.
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