A Spotter's Guide (To Selected Aircraft of World War II)

by Charles Nix

During WWII the US Playing Card Co. in Cincinnati, OH, produced multiple versions of "Spotter Cards," decks of playing cards aimed at helping soldiers and civilians in "learning the characteristics of United Nations and Enemy Aircraft." Stark, simplified representations of Allied and Axis aircraft, coupled with terse descriptions, begged "players" to differentiate flying friend for flying foe. To the modern viewer, the spotter silhouettes are abstract--sleek,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0760794103
• ISBN13: 9780760794104
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Scott & Nix, Inc.
• Length: 89 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.