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AAF Cloth Chart No. C-53 (Reverse Side) - Open Pacific Ocean East of Japan, Corner Detail

AAF Cloth Chart No. C-53 (Reverse Side) - Open Pacific Ocean East of Japan, Corner Detail

This corner detail reveals the two-sided design of AAF Cloth Chart C-52/C-53: one face mapped Japan and the South China Seas, the reverse (shown here, labeled C-53) charted the open Pacific east of Japan. Overlaid current and wind data equipped aircrew to navigate open water far from any coastline. Project: 218404