WW2 COLLECTION of 32 folding AIR flight navigation maps UK and Europe

Description: PRINTS BOOKS PHOTOGRAPHS MANUSCRIPTS CURIOSITIES - RARE WW2-ERA AVIATION MAPS -A rare collection of 32 Edward Stanford Ltd. colour fold-out air / flight navigation maps of the UK and Europe, dated mostly 1944 (with a few later up to 1950). A total of 32 colour flight maps. All fold out to a large size, and are in blue cloth boards, each with a Stanford label on the front cover with map grid. Sizes vary from to two to three horizontal folds, and multiple vertical folds. All with publishing details, scales, keys etc. as one would expect from maps of this type. A number legends on inside of front covers. Segmented and laid on linen by Stanford. Several maps made up of composite sheets. A number of the British maps based on 'Ordnance survey of Great Britain'.Very Good condition. A small number of minor closed tears along linen between cover and adjoining segment. Light age-toning to some maps. A few minor scattered blemishes, but overall in very nice shape. A number with wet stamp of 'Southern Aero Club' [Shoreham] on cover or margin of map, and 'Sales copy / Price 3/6' single stamp in bottom side margin of some. Others with previous owner's name in pen on cover 'A. Mackenzie-Low'. Please ask if you require a more detailed condition report, or view gallery images closely.An excellent collection of 32 vintage aviation maps, of the UK and parts of Western Europe.The advent of the aeronautical map did not occur until some time after military aviation had become an established fact of warfare: as late as 1920 there was no organized distribution of aeronautical charts to the RAF. By the outbreak of World War II it was necessary to keep highly detailed aeronautical charts to properly direct the unprecedentedly large groups of aircraft that were operational during the conflict, especially as both sides began to employ long-range strategic bombing. Though this collection appears to be of civilian origin, maps such as these would have been used to coordinate the fighter defense of Britain as well as charting the optimum approaches to targets on the mainland by the aircraft of USAAF and RAF Bomber Command. The first tentative raids on Berlin took place in August, 1940, but it was not until 1943 that the the US 8th Air Force was set up to launch devastating bombing missions of hundreds of aircraft.As follows:1. 'England, south west', graticule edition, 2nd war revision, Sep 1944 printing.2. 'The Highlands', 1:500,000, Ordnance Survey of Great Britain (Aeronautical Map), 5th ed., sheet 3 ['Europe (Air)' series, as per cover], RAF (War), Dec 1944, 5 vertical (6 panels) and 1 horizontal fold, total 12 map panels.3. 'North Scotland' [inc. Orkneys], 1:500,000, Ordnance Survey of Great Britain (Aeronautical Map), 5th ed., sheet 2 ['Europe (Air)' series, as per cover], RAF (War), Dec 1944, 5 vertical (6 panels) and 1 horizontal fold, total 12 map panels.4. 'Irish sea', graticule ed., 2nd war revision, Aug 1944.5. 'Midlands', graticule ed., 2nd war revision, Aug 1944.6. 'England, north east', graticule ed., 2nd war revision, Aug 1944.7. 'East Anglia', graticule ed., 2nd war revision, Aug 1944.8. 'The Border', graticule ed., 2nd war revision, Aug 1944.9. 'S. W. England', 1:500,000, Ordnance Survey of Great Britain (Aeronautical Map), 5th ed., sheet 7 ['Europe (Air)' series, as per cover], RAF (War), Oct 1944, 5 vertical (6 panels) and 1 horizontal fold, total 12 map panels..10. 'Strait of Dover', RAF (War), fifth ed., Jan 1945.11. 'North Wales And Manchester', graticule ed., 2nd war revision, Aug 1944.12. 'North Wales And Lincolnshire', graticule ed., 2nd war revision, Aug 1944.13. 'Skye and the Outer Hebrides', 2nd war revision, Army/Air, Apr. 1944.14. 'Glasgow', 2nd war revision, Army/Air, Apr. 1944.15. 'England, South East and London', graticule ed., 2nd war revision, Aug 1944.16. 'The Eastern Highlands', 2nd war revision, Apr, 1944.17. 'South Wales', graticule ed., 2nd war revision, Aug 1944.18. 'Southern England and Wales', I.C.A.O., provisional ed., Sep 1948.19. 'Bordeaux', I.C.A.O. provisional 1st ed., May 1950.20. 'Brest' [inc. Rennes / Paris], I.C.A.O., Jan 1950.21 'Toulouse' [inc. Marseille], Southern Zone Layer System, 2nd ed., June 1947.22. 'North Sea' [inc. Amsterdam], 5th ed., RAF (War), Oct 1944.23. 'Dijon' [inc. Nantes], I.C.A.O., June 1950.24. 'Low Countries', I.C.A.O., June 1950.25. 'Northern England', I.C.A.O., Apr 1949.26. 'Torino / Venezia' [inc. Milan], 1:500,000, Europe (Air), Southern Zone Layer System, 2nd ed. (1942), Dec 1944 / Jan 1945 (composite).27. 'Nice / Florence', Dec 1944.28. 'Scotland, North', 2nd war revision, Army/Air, June 1944.29. 'England, South', graticule ed., 2nd war revision, Oct 1944.30. 'Orkneys / Shetlands', Oct 1944.31. 'The Forth, Clyde and Tay', June 1944.32. 'Scotland, south west', 2nd war revision, Army/Air, Feb 1944. key words:

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