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WWII  US Army Air Force Cloth Escape Maps

 

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Road Map of West Africa

Side 1

Side 2

Size

Number Printed  w/o tints Number  Printed   w/ tints 
 

Road Map of West Africa

   

(none)

26" x 36"  

2,500

 

 

Mediterranean Series

Side 1

Side 2

Size Number Printed  w/o tints Number  Printed   w/ tints 

No. 4

Tyrol

No. 6

Balkans 20" x 26" 8,525  
No. 7 Mediterranean France No. 8 Lyon Torino 37" x 23"  

2,000

Southwest Pacific Area Series

Side 1

Side 2

Size

Number Printed  w/o tints

Number  Printed   w/ tints 

No. 16

Owen Stanley No. 17 New Britain 35" x 27" 8,000  
No. 18 Papua No. 19 Nassau 29" x 36" 6,225  
No. 20 Amboina No. 21 Halmahera 29" x 35" 31,000  
No. 22/26 Southwestern Java / East Java No. 25 Timor 37" x 33" 32,525  
No. 23 North Celebes No. 24 South Celebes

38" x 26"

35,000 a  
No. 27 Madang-Lae-Wau No. 28 Wewak-Madang-Mt. Hagen 27" x 26" 3,000  
Asiatic Series
Side 1 Side 2 Size Number Printed  w/o tints Number  Printed   w/ tints 
No. 30 South Burma No. 31

North Burma

26" x 20" 45,500  
No. 32 French Indo China No. 33 Central China 26" x 20" 103,000  
No. 34 Southeast China No. 35 Northeast China 20" x 26" 230,025 b  
Philippine Series
Side 1 Side 2 Size Number Printed  w/o tints Number  Printed   w/ tints 
C-40

Luzon Island No. 34 Southeast China 20" x 26" 25,000 52,200
C-41 Mindoro Island C-42 Samar Island 19" x 27" 15,000 47,000
C-43 Mindanao Island C-44 North Borneo 37" x 21" 10,000 c 20,000

Miscellaneous Maps

Side 1 Side 2 Size Number Printed  w/o tints Number  Printed   w/ tints 
No. 36 Central East Asia No. 37   Korea  (side never printed) 35" x 40"   25,000 d
C-45 East Borneo C-46 West Borneo 27" x 32" 10,000 e 10,000
C-47 South Borneo C-48 West Java 41" x 22" 12,000 25,500 f
C-50 British and French Guiana C-51 Northeastern Brazil 42" x 20"   10,025 g
C-52 Japan and South China Seas C-53 East China Seas 34" x 31" 406,050 h  
No. 133  Kun-ming, Yunnan, China to       Chabua, Assam, India     (Eastern portion) No. 133  Kun-ming, Yunnan, China to       Chabua, Assam, India     (Western portion) 25" x 23"   20,050
C-384 Wei River C-495 Omei Mountain 28" x 21"   16,000
C-800 We Island C-920 Nias Island 30" x 28" 10,000 10,000
C-859 Penang island C-860 Bintan island 28" x 29" 10,000 10,000
Eastern Asia Series

Side 1

Side 2 Size Number Printed  w/o tints Number  Printed   w/ tints 
NH 52 Kagoshima NI 52 Nagasaki 27" x 24" 37,000 30,200
NI 53 Osaka NI 54 Tokyo 26" x 24" 47,000 30,200
NJ 50 Pei-ping NJ 51 Ryojun 25" x 25" 47,000 33,000
NJ 52 Keijo NK 52 Vladivostok 24" x 25" 47,000 39,000 i
NJ 53 Kanazawa NJ 54 Sendai 25" x 25" 47,000 33,000
NK 50 Jehol NK 51 Shen-yang 23" x 25" 15,000 33,000 j
NK 53 Vladimiro-Aleksandrovskoye NL 54 Otomari 23" x 25" 15,000 33,000
NK 54 Hakodate NK 55 Nemuro 23" x 25" 47,000

33,000

NL 50 Buir nor NL 51 Tsitsihar 22" x 25"   33,000 k
NL 52 Harbin NL 53 Spassk-dal'niy 22" x 25" 15,000 33,000
Notes:

a  Includes order of July 1945 for 5,000 maps that was cancelled on Aug 20, 1945.  It is uncertain how many maps were delivered by the printer from this order.

b  Includes order of July 1945 for 60,000 maps that was cancelled on Aug 20, 1945.  It is uncertain how many maps were delivered by the printer from this order.

c  The records of AMS for the tinted maps has not been located, but the records of MIS-X and ACS suggest that at least 10,000 maps were printed. 

d  Includes order of July 1945 for 60,000 maps, which was the only order for this map,  that was cancelled on Aug 4, 1945.  It is uncertain how many maps were delivered by the printer from this order.

e  The records of AMS for the tinted maps has not been located, but the records of MIS-X and ACS suggest that at least 10,000 maps were printed.    

f  Includes order for of September 1944 for 6,500 maps that was cancelled on Jan 29, 1945.  It is uncertain how many maps were delivered by the printer from this order.

The only order for this map contained in the AMS records was placed in August 1945.  However, maps have been located from a different printer that indicate on the maps that the printer printed them in November 1944.  Thus, apparently there was a prior order for this map of an undetermined quantity.

h  Includes order of July 1945 for 150,000 maps that was cancelled on Aug 20, 1945.  It is uncertain how many maps were delivered by the printer from this order.

i  Includes order of July 1945 for 6,000 maps that was cancelled on Aug 20, 1945.  It is uncertain how many maps were delivered by the printer from this order.

j  Includes order of September 1944 for 5,000 maps that was cancelled on January 29, 1945.  It is uncertain how many maps were delivered by the printer from this order.

k  Includes order of September 1944 for 5,000 maps that was cancelled on January 29, 1945.  It is uncertain how many maps were delivered by the printer from this order.

 

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