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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1942
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2010.0035.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Aircraft Spotters' Guide 1942
LOCATION: United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Paper; steel staples.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 23.0 cm
Width: 15.0 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: Hartney
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: WWII (1939-1945); this book was published in 1942.
Canada: Collectively, this collection provides a window into some of the more personal aspects of wartime service life for the average Airman, including how he spent his leave.
Function: Contains silhouettes, photographs & specifications of military airplanes used by Allied & Axis powers.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Lettering on the front cover reads: "Aircraft/Spotters'/Guide/PART/1942/This Issue Contains/3 Position Silhouettes/General Specifications/and Photographs of the/Leading Fighting Planes/of/UNITED STATES/GREAT BRITAIN/NETHERLANDS/GERMANY ITALY/RUSSIA JAPAN/FRANCE/Edited by/Lt.Col. Harold E. Hartney"; lettering onk stamped on the cover reads: "SILLS/BOOKS & STATIONERY/BELLEVILLE, ONT."
Missing: N/A
Finish: Front cover shows dark blue & yellow picture; black & yellow lettering.
Decoration: Illustration on the front cover shows search lights in the night sky over London.

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Unknown Manufacturer, Book, 1942, Artifact no. 2010.0035, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2010.0035.001/

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