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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1942
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2010.0038.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: What's That Plane?
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 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: 18.0 cm
Width: 11.2 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: Pitkin
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
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 facilitate identification of friendly and enemy aircraft most likely to be spotted over or near North America, Hawaii and Australia.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Lettering on the front cover reads: "WHAT'S THAT/PLANE/AMERICAN/BRITISH &/CANADIAN/COMBAT, TRANSPORT/AND TRAINING/PLANES/JAPANESE/COMBAT/PLANES/GERMAN LONG RANGE/SEA PLANES/Practical Aircraft Identification/By WALTER B. PITKIN, Jr./ILLUSTRATED WITH MORE THAN/250 OFFICIAL SILHOUETTES AND/PHOTOGRAPHES OF THOSE/MILITARY AND TRANSPORT/AIRCRAFT WHICH ARE MOST LIKELY/TO BE SEEN OVER NORTH AMERICA,/HAWAII AND AUSTRALIA./35 [cents]".
Missing: N/A
Finish: Front cover is red land masses & blue water with white lettering.
Decoration: Front cover shows map of North & south America.

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Unknown Manufacturer, Book, 1942, Artifact no. 2010.0038, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2010.0038.001/

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