Includes: collection of 3 framed and double-sided WWII US AAF Asiatic Series silk cloth maps; used by the US Army Air Forces; these were issued to US pilots to be worn as neck kerchiefs under their flight suits in case they were shot down.
-1) AAF Cloth Map-Asiatic Series No. 32 & 33 French Indo China and Central China; Army Map Service, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C. / 1944
-2) AAF Cloth Map-Asiatic Series No. 34 & 35 Southeast and Northeast China; Army Map Service, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C. / 1944
-3) AAF Cloth Chart-No.133-K'un-Ming, Yunnan, China to Chabua, Assam, India (Western & Eastern Portions); Army Map Service, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C. / 1944; Eastern Portion side also has language translations for Bengali, Hindustani (Urdu), Kachin, Lisu, Burmese, Chinese, and English for crashed US pilots in order to receive help from locals.

Provenance: A San Antonio, Texas Estate.