Information on period pilot maps

[mazex]

Originally Posted by luthier

Hello everyone,

We're currently planning for all sorts of goodies to include in the box. We thought it would be very cool to do a cloth or silk map of our battle area, but then we realized we know very little about how those maps were actually made.

I'm sure somebody could help us out with this.

What exact material were the common pilot maps printed out for RAF and Luftwaffe in 1940?

Any more details on the printing process would be great. I know next to nothing about printing, so I'm not even sure what questions to ask, but we'd like this map to be as authentic as possible. Every detail helps.


GIANT DISCLAIMER. This is NOT confirmed for anything. We're just trying to figure out IF we can do this, and to know for sure, we need to know what exactly the printing process would entail.

Thanks very much in advance!

The fact that you are discussing what to put in a deluxe box makes me very happy

Googling a bit I found this page (http://www.snyderstreasures.com/pages/bloodchits.htm) with a bunch of maps in the bottom... Seems like silk and rayon where the most common choice to print maps like this on, but I bet someone will know all (and more) about BoB era aerial maps here