General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

Clipping binder

Patents

N/A

General Description

Wooden clipping binder with metal screws.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

29.5 cm

Width

25.5 cm

Height

5.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Aviation

Category

Commemorative

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Unknown

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Quebec

Period

Used during the Second World War.

Canada

Cette reliure à trois anneaux en bois appartenait au père du donateur. Ce dernier a envoyé l’information suivante : - “ (HE) spent with 25 years in the RCAF started as a navigator/bombardier in WW2, retired as Air Command Security Officer in 1967. He passed away in Sept 2012 at 92.” - “I do not know where or how my father got it, but it is a rather very personal & special souvenir of his WW2 experience.” Cette reliure à anneaux pourrait être un objet unique. Il pourrait par ailleurs avoir été fabriqué en (petite?) série.

Function

Cette reliure à trois anneaux en bois servait à garder en ordre des coupures de journaux consacrées à l’Aviation royale du Canada.

Technical

Cette reliure à trois anneaux en bois n’a pas d’importance technologique en tant que telle. Son importance tient au fait qu’elle servait à garder en ordre des coupures de journaux consacrées (principalement ?) à l’Aviation royale du Canada. L’avion dessiné / peint (?) sur la reliure est un Vought F4U Corsair, un avion de chasse conçu pour opérer à partir des porte-avions de l’U.S. Navy. Cet avion porte toutefois des cocardes (roundels) britanniques. L’apparence générale de l’avion dessiné / peint (?) sur la reliure laisse à penser qu’il s’agit du prototype du Corsair, le XF4U, qui vole pour la première fois le 29 mai 1940. Quelques photos de cet avion font leur apparition dans les magazines vers 1940-41.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

On the front cover of the binder: " R.C.A.F /. CLIPPINGS " Inside the binder on the left-hand side (handwritten) : " BERNARD CASEY P - 209305 /. R.C.A.F - SYRACUSE, N.Y U.S.A /. W.E.T.P SCHOOL /. TRURO N.S "

Missing

This binder does not have any rings on the inside.

Finish

Brown wooden binder with four small metal finishing screws for the hinges, two at the top and two at the bottom. The cover of the binder has a long and thin crack running through the wood on the inside. On the inside of the hinge, there is residual paper material, presumably from newspaper clippings. The hinge has two small identitical holes. The inside of the cover of the binder also has small lead pencil streaks. The interior of the back of the binder has white paint residue spots. The illustration of airplane Vought F4U Corsair either drawn or painted. The back of the binder has a noticeable crack in the wood from the top to the bottom of the binder. There are other thin cracks on the back of the binder. Normal wear and tear on the perimeter of the binder due to handling and age.

Decoration

On the front cover of the binder, there is an illustration of the airplane Vought F4U Corsair.