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(BATTLE OF BRITAIN.) Oberkommando der Luftwaffe. Südostküste England Schrägbildreihe I-IV. Complete set of four coastal profile and map booklets. Large 4to, with integral paper covers, folding accordion style. Printed in black and read. Very good condition for German war-era paper. [Germany], 1940
These fascinating booklets were intended for use by German pilots and navigators during the Battle of Britain, with this group covering a chief entrance to English airspace roughly between Portsmouth and Margate. The bottom half of each page contains an isometric aerial photograph of a section of coast as it appeared on the approach from France, above that is a corresponding black and red map indicating coastal defenses and other important topographical features. This set was acquired by an American airman at Berlin Tempelhof Airport in October of 1945.
