This fabric escape and evasion map was made in 50's by the British Royal Air Force and covers Rangoon and Mandalay (Myanmar). Fabric maps were first used during World War II to help British soldiers escape enemy territory or POW camps, and continued to be produced after the War ended in both Great Britain and the U.S.
Originally developed for MI9 by Charles Clayton Hutton to help British troops find their way back to their regiments if their planes were shot down in hostile territory or if they were captured in POW camps. Hutton’s maps could be folded and hidden in boot heels, jacket linings, or even-most ingeniously-Monopoly game boards, and go completely undetected.
81 x 59cm