COLD WAR PERIOD RAF " SILK " ESCAPE & EVASION MAP OF SINOP & ANKARA TURKEY 1953
Item History & Price
A RARE ORIGINAL COLD WAR PERIOD DOUBLE SIDED RAF ESCAPE AND EVASION MAP OF THE MIDDLE EAST. COVERS SINOP AND ANKARA IN TURKEY. PUBLISHED BY THE WAR OFFICE, 5th EDITION 1951 AND DATED JUNE 1953. ISSUED TO RAF AIRCREW TO ASSIST IN ESCAPE AND EVASION SHOULD THEY BE FORCED TO LAND IN A HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT IN THE EVENT OF WAR. MADE FROM BEMBERG FABRIC (A VERY THIN SILK LIKE MATERIAL) FOR SILENT USE AND EASE OF CONCEALMENT. HAS A BRIEF TURKISH GLOSSA...RY. AN INTERESTING RELIC FROM THIS DANGEROUS PERIOD OF THE 20th CENTURY WHEN THE EASTERN BLOC COUNTRIES FACED OFF WITH THE USA AND NATO COUNTRIES.UNISSUED CONDITION. APPROX. SIZE 25 inches. x 25 inches.
