VINTAGE FOLDING
WAR MAP II
FEATURING
THE WORLD ISLAND
+
FORTRESS EUROPE
PRODUCED FOR ESSO MARKETERS
c.1943
SEE LAST SCAN WITH COMMENT THAT THEIR 1942
MAP REQUIRED UPGRADING AS :-
“NOW THAT THE AMERICANS
ARE IN THE THICK OF THE FIGHTING EVERYWHERE,
AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT TYPE OF MAP IS NEEDED…..”
MEASURES 7 1/2” x 5 1/2” WHEN FOLDED
& 33” x 22 1/2” WHEN OPEN
FOLD OUT MAP CONSISTS OF FOUR AIRPORT PLAN
ALL FUNDS RAISED FROM THIS SALE
GO TO MHAS (MARTLESHAM HEATH AVIATION SOCIETY)
REGISTERED CHARITY No.1184409
MUSEUM IS NOW OPEN FOR THE SUMMER SEASON
FREE ENTRY EVERY SUNDAY 2 - 4.30 PM
RAF MARTLESHAM HEATH
(SUFFOLK’S OLDEST AERODROME 1917 - 1978)