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OBJECT TYPE: lithograph
DATE: 1959
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1991.0732.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Killer Camel, The
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
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: 35.5 cm
Width: 28.0 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Aviation
Category: Commemorative
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Corning
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: United States of America
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: Unknown
Function: DISPLAY
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: lettering printed below image reads: "From a painting in the LEACH CORPORATION HERITAGE OF THE AIR COLLECTION/THE KILLER CAMEL/Fifty feet above the Somme River, time ran out on the life of Baron Manfred von Richthofen,/Germany's greatest ace. Behind his red Fokker was Captain Roy Brown in a British-built/Sopwith Camel. The Canadian was low on ammumition but began firing as soon as he was/within range - and the treacherous Camel, the supreme Allied dogfighter of World War I,/claimed another victim./C 1959 LEACH CORPORATION LITHO IN U.S.A."
Missing: N/A
Finish: COLOUR IMAGE
Decoration: IMAGE OF SOPWITH CAMEL BIPLANE CHASING VON RICHTHOFEN IN RED FOKKER TRIPLANE DURING WWI

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Unknown Manufacturer, Print, 1959, Artifact no. 1991.0732, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1991.0732.001/

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