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

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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/CHINA'S GERMAN AIR FORCE/It was September 27, 1914. Oberleutnant zur See Gunther Pluschow, the entire German/Air Force in China, was responsible for guarding the skies above the German-leased colony/of Tsing-Tao. In the German Air Force's only air battle in China, Pluschow was suddenly/attacked by a Maurice Farman "Longhorn" Biplane, one of the ten Japanese planes used/in the Tsing-Tao campaign. Pluschow's only weapon was a Luger pistol. Maneuvering his/clumsy Rumpler Taube below the Japanese,Pluschow let go with thirty shots. Some hit/home and the Farman was forced to land, on November 27th, Tsing-Tao fell to Japanese/troops, and with it came the end of China's German Air Force as Pluschow made his way/back to Germany./ c1965 LEACH CORPORATION LITHO IN U.S.A."

Missing

N/A

Finish

COLOUR IMAGE

Decoration

IMAGE OF RUMPLER TAUBE MONOPLANE IN COMBAT WITH FARMAN LONGHORN BIPLANE OVER CHINA DURING WWI