Silk Escape Map (1 results)

2 maps (78 x 102 cms.) printed back to back in colour on a single sheet of rayon (artificial silk), marked "For official use only " in red. Muscat and Oman on one side, on verso Saudi Arabia, Southern Yemen and the Trucial States with the Persian Gulf top right. An excellent example, clean and crisp. "This chart is reproduced frpm ONC J-7. 3rd edn with boundary and country names revision by SPC. RE 1969." "Base information compiled May 1960 (PIE) from source dated August 1945 to 1959 revised March 1968 from source dated October 1966." The Escape and Evasion / Operational Navigational Charts (ONCs) are used by UK forces. They are maps produced by the American Aeronuatical Chart and Information Center on a scale of 1:1,000,000, designed for pilots to identify topographical features but also as Escape and Evasion maps for downed crew. They are made of artificial silk to be tough, quiet and resilient and to be easily folded and pocketed or otherwise hidden. This one was produced in the middle of the Dhofar Rebellion (1962-1976).