Map, Derna - Libya
Maker
512 Field Survey Coy
Royal Air Force - H Q ME(1)
South African Airforce 60 Squadron
Production date
1942
Object detail
Brief Description
Map, Derna - Libya. 1:250,000. Egypt and Cyrenaica series, MDR 1006/1882.
Shows from Giovanni Berta, Derna on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, Martuba, Timmi at the gulf of Bomba and Menny Massiv area.
Also shows wireless telegraph stations, war cemeteries, railways, roads - main and secondary, rivers, wire defences, hill features, Sheikh's tombs with buildings, contour lines, topographical features, marshes, salt lagoons and trigonometric points, wadis, perennial water or lakes, aerodromes, landing grounds.
A reliability map at top shows areas that were aerial photographed by the South African Air Force in 1942.
A glossary of terms is included translating Arabic to English.
Shows from Giovanni Berta, Derna on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, Martuba, Timmi at the gulf of Bomba and Menny Massiv area.
Also shows wireless telegraph stations, war cemeteries, railways, roads - main and secondary, rivers, wire defences, hill features, Sheikh's tombs with buildings, contour lines, topographical features, marshes, salt lagoons and trigonometric points, wadis, perennial water or lakes, aerodromes, landing grounds.
A reliability map at top shows areas that were aerial photographed by the South African Air Force in 1942.
A glossary of terms is included translating Arabic to English.
Production date
1942
Production place
Production period
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Printed on paper backed with linen with black and colored inks.
Media/Materials
Measurements
Height x Width: 885 x 640mm
Classification terms
Subject date
1942
Other number(s)
71881
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