Correspondence

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OBJECT TYPE: Letter/Personal/Air Mail
DATE: 1943
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1990.0500.005

MANUFACTURER: Royal Canadian Air Force
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 5
Total Parts: 8
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: 18.6 cm
Width: 25.5 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: Lee
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: letter is dated Jan. 10, 1943
Canada: Unknown
Function: letter written by Carl Lee to parents likely shortly after arrival in England for active duty
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: lettering on outside of envelope includes: "ARMED FORCES/AIR LETTER/AIR MAIL/If anything is enclosed in this/letter it will be sent by ordinary/mail./TO: MRS E. J. LEE./BOX 355/ALMONTE, ONT./CANADA./FROM:/(Sender's full name and address)/W.O2. LEE,C.T.E/R-96004/434 SQDN., R.C.A.F./OVERSEAS"
Missing: N/A
Finish: predom. lettering hand written in green ink on light blue air mail envelope with dark blue printed text & red-white postage stamp
Decoration: postage stamp contains portrait ov King George VI & Tudor Crown

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Royal Canadian Air Force, Correspondence, 1943, Artifact no. 1990.0500, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1990.0500.005/

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