Above the Trenches? Cast-metal Aeroplanes of the 1940s, Peter Hobbins

Article from Vol 44 no 4, Nov 2022

Above the Trenches? Cast-metal Aeroplanes of the 1940s, Peter Hobbins

Abstract:

Polished-brass and chrome-plated aeroplanes were popular World War II mementoes – but how were they made and why did they take off in Australia?

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