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Originally Posted by Gregvan
This one is a booklet, I gather, used to collect a bunch of cards of the greatest aircraft, in Britain:
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Bonjour Greg!
Yes that book is for mounting the collection of cards that were issued by Brooke Bond and came with packages of Red Rose Tea ... "only in Canada you say", well, that was the slogan used in the television advertising campaign 'round these parts. On the back cover is written "This picture card series is offered in the interests of education". Great War subjects that appear on cards in the book include; Maurice Farman Biplane, Avro 504, Fokker D.VII, Handley Page 0/400 (as well as line drawings of a Sopwith Camel, a S.E.5a and an airfield scene depicting Vickers F.B5s.
What is most remarkable is that all of the artwork is by the great Roy Cross!
By the way, accuracy aside, I quit like that image of von Richthofen flying in the rain and the portraits of the ghostly aces ... merci Greg.
Salut!
Kirk