War Department Recognition Pictorial Reference Manual Navy Department Buaer 3

Field manual in original string tied card case. An illustrated aircraft recognition handbook issued by the US Army during World War II. 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. This facilitated ready insertion of updated sheets, and removal of old information. 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. 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History, Vintage, War, World War I, World War II, Aircraft, Planes, Military, Manual, Filed Manual, Depression Era, Historical Reference, Aircraft Identification, Tactics & Stategy, Combat, Home Front, Allies, Allied Forces, Axis Powers, War Propaganda, Educational, Illustrative, Period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