Jap Zero (Mitsubishi Square Wing) - Fuselage from Jack Armstrong Tru-Flite Plane Models (F272-21) issued by General Mills
From Jack Armstrong Tru-Flite Plane Models issued by General Mills (F272-21). Large scale mail-away cereal premium. Jack Armstrong "the All American Boy" was a popular radio show sponsored by Wheaties. For each Wheaties boxtop plus five cents you would receive an envelope with two airplanes and a double sided instruction sheet on how to assemble the planes.
Artwork Details
- Title: Jap Zero (Mitsubishi Square Wing) - Fuselage from Jack Armstrong Tru-Flite Plane Models (F272-21) issued by General Mills
- Publisher: General Mills, Inc.
- Date: 1944
- Medium: Commercial color lithograph
- Dimensions: Sheet: 6 × 10 1/4 in. (15.3 × 26.1 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: The Jefferson R. Burdick Collection, Gift of Jefferson R. Burdick
- Object Number: Burdick 310, F272-21.5
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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