Frankfurt/Ruhr—GSGS—RAF WW2—Signed by 25 aircrew inc 3 VCs+6 Dambusters 1942 map
£11,260
SKU: P-9-000969
'Frankfurt—N.E. 50/6—1:500,000 Europe (Air)'
RAF Second World War Bomber Command Operational Air Map of the Ruhr Industrial Target Region — Signed by 24 Pilots and Aircrew, including Three Victoria Cross Recipients and Six Dambusters. Printed by the War Office in 1942 at the height of the RAF’s strategic bombing offensive, this large operational air chart depicts the heart of Germany’s industrial Ruhr basin — the principal objective of Bomber Command’s sustained assault on the Reich’s war industry. Signed in ink by a remarkable assembly of RAF aircrew, including Victoria Cross recipients Leonard Cheshire VC, William Reid VC and Norman Jackson VC, together with veterans of No. 617 Squadron (“Dambusters”) — Harold Martin, David Shannon, Donald Maclean, Daniel Revie Walker, Ken Brown and Bill Howarth. Also present is Don Bennett, founder of the Pathfinder Force, and a member of 161 (Special Duties) Squadron responsible for clandestine SOE and SIS operations in occupied Europe. An extraordinary wartime map uniting the operational geography of the Ruhr with an exceptional concentration of distinguished Bomber Command signatures. Provenance: sold Sotheby’s, 1997 (partially redacted copy of invoice and buyer's statement included).
Size 62 x 79 cm | 24.5 x 31.0 inches
Date Published: Compiled and drawn 1940. This edition dated 10/1942
Type: World War Two issue R.A.F. aeronautical map, manually signed by 24 pilots and aircrew, laid down onto board
Author: War Office
Publication: War Office
Condition: Good |
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