Holy. As if the Map room wasn’t cool enough, this post highlights maps that allied soldiers wore on them in case of capture during WW2
“This morning, Sean Gillies posted photos of his grandfather’s escape maps. “Yesterday, I received in the mail my grandfather’s cloth escape maps of France, Holland, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Germany. He flew a Piper Cub for the US Army, mainly shuttling brass between England and France. Never used, the maps went from a pocket in his jacket to an envelope in a foot locker; they’re in great condition.”
As it turns out, there are actually at least two Web sites about WWII escape maps; each has a collection of scans. U.S. Cloth Maps of World War II is less comprehensive than WWII Escape Maps; the latter includes maps from American, British and Australian services.”
The Map Room: A Weblog About Maps
