WWII Maps are Here!

[von Pilsner]

Rather than hide them on page 3 of the looking for maps thread, I started a new map thread...

GSGS4369 - 8 (Strait of Dover)




I found some good maps at this site (including original version of above map): http://www.8thafhsoregon.com/archive...Lawrence-Fick/

GSGS 4072
Berlin
Strasbourg
Frankfurt

And a few more here: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wo..._maps_(Europe)

And the Lorraine Campaign Map

[badaboom]

Great find!!! THX!!

[PeterPanPan]

Great, thanks, printing now!
PPP

[JG5_emil]

I have a map which covers England, France and Germany but it is a 1939 one. I believe it is original and was used by bomber navigators. There are routes marked on it including flak batteries and DR what ever that means.

[JG5_emil]

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[JG5_emil]

Originally Posted by JG5_emil

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[JVM]

Originally Posted by JG5_emil

I have a map which covers England, France and Germany but it is a 1939 one. I believe it is original and was used by bomber navigators. There are routes marked on it including flak batteries and DR what ever that means.

Hello!

In this context "DR" means probably "Dead Reckoning", which means branch which have to be flown only with the guidance of the compass and the (gyroscopic) heading indicator, without relying on ground clues or navaids (which were non existent on the way to the target!).
This was on this kind of flying you really appreciated a competent navigator...Dead Reckoning skills have a tendency to become scarce in the western part of the world, due to abundance of navaids but in large land masses like Australia, Africa or South America, and the north and south poles, this is the only way to get home if your GPS is letting you down...

JV

[JG5_emil]

Originally Posted by JVM

Hello!

In this context "DR" means probably "Dead Reckoning", which means branch which have to be flown only with the guidance of the compass and the (gyroscopic) heading indicator, without relying on ground clues or navaids (which were non existent on the way to the target!).
This was on this kind of flying you really appreciated a competent navigator...Dead Reckoning skills have a tendency to become scarce in the western part of the world, due to abundance of navaids but in large land masses like Australia, Africa or South America, and the north and south poles, this is the only way to get home if your GPS is letting you down...

JV

Thanks for the info. I have tried my best to research the map. Many of the flights are from Hemswell so this map is either from a time when Hampdens were being flown out of there by RAF or maybe Wellingtons possibly by a Polish squadron.

One day I will travel down to the museum and ask them.

[Friendly_flyer]

Nice find!

[von Pilsner]

If anyone plays RoF, I found a nice map of the Western Front (1917) as well...



The map is huuuuge (11608x8696) so I zipped it up for easier downloading....