Escape Map
An MI9 escape and evasion map of northern Italy and the Swiss frontier, belonging to Lesley Fleming-Dunstan, Women’s Auxiliary Air Force, c. 1940–41.
Escape maps were first produced by British intelligence organisation MI9 during the Second World War. Designed to help Allied prisoners of war escape and evade capture in enemy-occupied territory, the maps were made from silk and other types of cloth and so they could be easily concealed, and survive wear and tear.
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