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OBJECT TYPE: War literature
DATE: 1939–1945
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1988.1370.003

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Hawker Hurricane
LOCATION: England

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 3
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: 50.2 cm
Width: 37.7 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 in Portugese along top reads: "OS ALIADOS EUROPEUS DA GRA-BRETANHA/ATACAM EM AVIOES BRITANICOS"; lettering ink stamped near lower right reads: "SPECIMEN OF BRITISH WAR/LITERATURE SUPPLIED FOR/RECORD PURPOSES ONLY."; lettering printed along lower right border reads: "Servicos de Imprensa e Informacao da Embaixada Britanica"; 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/1988.1370.003/

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