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An Overworked Oxford

An illustration in a WW2 ABC book for children. O is for an overworked Oxford. The image shows an Airspeed Oxford twin engine monoplane, slumped over a cloud from exhaustion. The aircraft was used as a training machine for British Commonwealth aircrews in navigation, radio-operating, bombing and gunning

Picture No
13808316
Media ID
45165551
Size
3154px x 4291px (4.5MB)
Credit
© CLM Archive Collection / Mary Evans
Source
Unattributed illustration from ABC Of Aeroplane Spotting.'
Date
1944

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