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I was given this today:
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The title translates loosely as The Little Book of Aircraft, which is apt because those tiles it’s on, are 5 cm square. No date inside, nor an author or even a publisher, but you can actually date it pretty well from just the picture on the front
A Fokker G-I, so clearly late 1930s, and with an orange triangle as a nationality marking, which was adopted in October 1939. Given that it also talks about “the world war”, I’d say it dates from early 1940, probably before May that year.
Some inside views:
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I’ve deliberately included the Spitfire because of the main audience here
The last pages even talk about model construction, both static and flying. The primitivity of it alone makes that part fun to read
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The title translates loosely as The Little Book of Aircraft, which is apt because those tiles it’s on, are 5 cm square. No date inside, nor an author or even a publisher, but you can actually date it pretty well from just the picture on the front
A Fokker G-I, so clearly late 1930s, and with an orange triangle as a nationality marking, which was adopted in October 1939. Given that it also talks about “the world war”, I’d say it dates from early 1940, probably before May that year.Some inside views:
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I’ve deliberately included the Spitfire because of the main audience here
The last pages even talk about model construction, both static and flying. The primitivity of it alone makes that part fun to read 
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