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- OBJECT TYPE
- War literature
- DATE
- 1939–1945
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1988.1370.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Hawker Hurricane
- LOCATION
- England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 9
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- paper
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 50.0 cm
- Width
- 37.5 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Aviation
- Category
- Archives
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Europe
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- WWII (1939-1945)
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
possibly distributed by British government through embassies in countries close to combat zones for information; to boost morale & support for air war over Europe - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- lettering along top reads: "LES ALLIES EUROPEENS DE L'ANGLETERRE/SE BATTENT DANS DES AVIONS ANGLAIS"; lettering ink stamped near lower right reads: "SPECIMEN OF BRITISH WAR/LITERATURE SUPPLIED FOR/RECORD PURPOSES ONLY."; lettering printed along lower right border reads: "Imprime en Angleterre."; nationality indicated under each portrait image
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- black captions and b + w pictures on yellow background; multi-coloured national aircraft identification symbols (incl. roundels)
- Decoration
- main image is of RAF fighter airplane (Hawker Hurricane) in flight seen from below; 9 circular portraits of Pilots representing 9 countries in occupied Europe; vertical row of 10 national aircraft recognition symbols
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Unknown Manufacturer, Poster, between 1939–1945, Artifact no. 1988.1370, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1988.1370.001/
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