handkerchief escape map / Royal Air Force Coastal Command, Captain R.T. Taaffe

Escape map on silk handkerchief. Of Group Captain R.T. Taaffe (17211), Royal Air Force Coastal Command, World War II. Material relating to Group Captain R.T. Taaffe (17211), Royal Air Force Coastal Command, World War II. 21 / 6 / 1901 - 9 / 2 / 1985. Born in Co. Louth. C) 4 silk handkerchiefs depicting escape maps, issued to RAF, WWII.1. Greece, Turkey, Albania, Crete. 1:1,750,000 (X 2)2. Northern and Central Italy, 1:1,378,0003. Germany, 5 maps. 1:200,000087-6268085 / 01-2070911 24th March 2006 (Only 3 on exhibition);