General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

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

35.5 cm

Width

28.0 cm

Height

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Thickness

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Weight

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Diameter

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Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Aviation

Category

Commemorative

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Corning

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

Unknown

Function

DISPLAY

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

lettering printed below image reads: "From a painting in the LEACH CORPORATION HERITAGE OF THE AIR COLLECTION/THE MAN WHO WOULDN'T DIE/It was October 27, 1918. The man World War I ace Billy Bishop called "the greatest fighter/pilot the world has ever known" - Bill Barker - took part in the most epic dogfight in the/history of aerial warfare. Barker, who earned his fame on the Italian front, was on his way to England in a badly crippled Sopwith Snipe when he found himself amidst 60 Fokkers. Badly/wounded, he still shot down four Fokkers and escaped to British lines. A simple engine failure/caused his death in a plane crash in 1932./C 1964 LEACH CORPORATION LITHO IN U.S.A."

Missing

N/A

Finish

COLOUR IMAGE

Decoration

IMAGE OF WILLIAM BARKER'S SOPWITH SNIPE FLYING THROUGH A FORMATION OF GERMAN FOKKERS DURING WWI