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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1942
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2010.0037.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: How To Identify Aircraft
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 pages, card stock cover.

Dimensions

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

Length: 22.8 cm
Width: 18.3 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: 1.2 cm
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: Wilson
Country: Unknown
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: To help train aircrew & ground spotters to identify friendly and enemy aircraft.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Lettering on front cover reads: "HOW TO/IDENTIFY/AIRCRAFT/SQUADRON LEADER G.E. WILSON/WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY/AIR VICE-MARSHAL REBERT LECKIE, D.S.O., D.S.C., D.F.C."; lettering hand written in pencil near lower right corner reads: "R. McBride/R173107".
Missing: N/A
Finish: The cover showsdark blue drawings, red & blue lettering on a light blue background.
Decoration: 12 airplane silhouettes (top view) on front cover).

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Unknown Manufacturer, Book, 1942, Artifact no. 2010.0037, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2010.0037.001/

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