A nice, issued example of a 

World War Two

RAF Bomber Command

Downed Aircrew's Silk

Escape & Evasion Scarf Map

for 

Northern France, 

The Channel Islands, Low Countries & Western Germany.

c.1944-45

Measuring approx 20" x 17"

and in a good overall condition,

(apart from light fraying around the edges),

the single-sided, colour map

printed on to an off-white silk panel with cream edges,

shows just the south east corner of 

Britain and The Channel

(from Portsmouth to Harwich)

but details France, The Channel Islands, Belgium

Luxembourg & Holland.

As such, this impressive escape map ranges from 

The Loire in the west up to Groningen & Hanover in the east

and down south-west as far as Strasbourg

and the Western German border,

to provide a comprehensive coverage of the geography under

 the RAF heavy bomber routes to and from Germany.

In a good overall 'un-ironed' condition and with just what appears to be a 

single, tiny cigarette burn-hole amidships,

(that is only noticeable from the back)

 so making for a great air-crew souvenir from the 

RAF's WW-II heavy bombing campaigns..

(B/W Image courtesy of The Tomahawk Films WW-II Archive)