War Department Recognition Pictorial Reference Manual Navy Department Buaer 3

Description: Field manual in original string tied card case. An illustrated aircraft recognition handbook issued by the United States Army during the Second World War. The internal sheets are dated April 1943, placing the publication well after the entry of the United States into the war, but also significantly preceding the Normandy landings of June 1944. Handbooks such as this example were assembled, as required, from different stocks of printed sheets. The stiff card covers are generic and the sheets are string tied within the case. This facilitated ready insertion of updated sheets, and removal of old information (being relevant in active combat as obsolete information could be misleading and therefore hazardous). As such, there is no standardised issue or conventional collation for battlefield recognition literature, and each instance need be reckoned individually, making no two manuals alike.This aircraft recognition manual contains many sheets subdivided into the following sections. Each of the aircrafts are described, most are photo illustrated and all have schematic silhouette diagrams of the underneath, front and side-on views. Please see photos as they are part of the description. This vintage manual includes inserts, letters, handwritten notes on pages as well as loose pages that were in the book when I received it. A unique and fascinating piece of history! Style Tags: History, Vintage, War, World War I, World War II, Aircraft, Planes, Military, Manual, Filed Manual, Depression Era, Historical Reference, Aircraft Identification, Tactics & Stategy, Combat, Home Front, Allies, Allied Forces, Axis Powers, War Propaganda, Educational, Illustrative, Period Specific, Authentic, Documentary, Military Aesthetics, Archival

Price: 119.99 USD

Location: Nashua, Montana

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