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maps (documents)

 Subject

Staff Only
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Refers to graphic or photogrammetric representations of the Earth's surface or a part of it, including physical features and political boundaries, where each point corresponds to a geographical or celestial position according to a definite scale or projection. The term may also refer to similar depictions of other planets, suns, other heavenly bodies, or areas of the heavens. Maps are typically depicted on a flat medium, such as on paper, a wall, or a computer screen.

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Annotated R.A.F. Map of Northeast England

 Collection — Oversize folder 1
Identifier: 2025-02-11
Content Description The Annotated R.A.F. Map of Northeast England is a single-item collection consisting of one World War II era ordnance map of northeast England.The British Royal Air Force map is sheet three (covering northeast England) of an ordnance survey of England and Wales. The map was first published by the Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton in 1935 but this may be a later printing. The map shows evidence of heavy use as it is worn, discolored, and has several tears and losses, especially...
Dates: circa 1935-1945
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Lionel Cherry Gilmour World War I Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2019-01-30
Abstract

The collection is comprised of a small photograph album, loose photographs, a prisoner of war diary, and assorted research documents pertaining to the World War I service and prisoner of war (POW) experience of Lieutenant Lionel Cherry Gilmour (1891-1973), pilot of the Royal Air Force (RAF) and its predecessor, the Royal Flying Corps (RFC).

Dates: 1915-2008; Majority of material found within 1968-2008
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

John W. Lambert Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2011-06-25
Scope of the Collection The John W. Lambert Photograph Collection consists of 9,687 black-and-white and color photographs, 2,048 black-and-white and color negatives and nine photographic slides, as well as a small amount of textual material primarily documenting air operations during World War II. The strength of the collection is that it includes visual documentation of Army Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, and Allied aircraft in combat around the world. There are photographs of aircraft on operations...
Dates: circa 1930s-1955
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Eric G. Peter Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2010-10-18
Abstract

The collection consists of photographs, military personnel documents, and wartime ephemera related to the Royal Air Force career of Eric G. Peter during and after World War I.

Dates: circa 1912-1962; Majority of material found within 1918-1919
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Leon Swietlikowski World War II Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2009-12-01
Abstract

Leon Swietlikowski (1912-1984) was born in Wilno, Poland and served in the Polish Air Force, as well as the Polish squadrons attached to the French Air Force and Royal Air Force, during World War II. The collection includes log books, personnel documents, and photographs of Leon Swietlikowski and his wife, Bette.

Dates: 1941-1948, 1968
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

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