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1993 “World War II War Machines, the Flight Series”
The Rogers Group, 100-cards, USA


  • Series Title: World War II War Machines, the Flight Series
  • American Card Catalog Number: n/a
  • Issued by: The Rogers Group
  • Issued with: commercial set
  • Country: USA
  • Number of Cards: 100
  • Card Numbering: 1 to 100
  • Type of Card: Commercial Issue
  • Card Dimensions: 3.50 × 2.53 inches (88.90 × 63.92 mm)
  • Circa: 1993
  • Checklist: Download Checklist

Background [2]


This set of 100 cards was issued in 1993, by The Richards Group, Inc. As the title implies, the set features aircraft from World War II. The fronts of the cards feature a side view of drawing of a World War II combat aircraft superimposed over a blue line plan view drawing of the aircraft. As far as collector cards go, Skytamer would rate the set as a perfect “10” based on the beauty of the cards alone. The hundred cards include fighters, bombers, patrol aircraft, etc., from both the Allied and Axis forces of World War II. Aircraft from Great Britain, United States, Russia, Italy, Japan, and Germany are all included.


Typical Card Back

The Backs of the cards include the card number, a descriptive text about the aircraft, and design and performance data of the aircraft. There is no American Card Catalog reference number for the set since the set was issued in 1993. There were no wrappers associated with this. The set was packaged in an attractive box has shown below.

1993 The Rogers Group “World War II War Machines, the Flight Series” Image-Guide [1,2]


The following 1993 “World War II War Machines, the Flight Series” 100-card set by The Rogers Group, USA, Image-Guide shows computer enhanced images of the fronts and Backs of the 100 cards in the set. Behind each thumbnail image is a 300-dpi computer enhanced card image that you may access. In addition, directly beneath the Image Guide, in tabular form, are links to the original scans used for this series.

1993 “World War II War Machines, the Flight Series”
commercial set, 100-Airplane Cards
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1993 “World War II War Machines, the Flight Series” Checklist


We have provided two versions of the 1993 “World War II War Machines, the Flight Series” 100-card set issued by The Rogers Group, USA. An 8½ × 11 inch PDF version, and the web version shown below. Click on the PDF graphic below to access the PDF version.

1993 “World War II War Machines, the Flight Series”
The Rogers Group, 100-Cards, USA
CHECKLIST
xCard Title
1Lockheed P-38J Lightning
2Bell P-39Q Airacobra
3Curtiss P-40E Warhawk
4Curtiss P-40N Warhawk
5Republic P-47D Thunderbolt (RazorBack)
6Republic P-47D Thunderbolt (Bubbletop)
7Republic P-47N Thunderbolt
8North American P-51B Mustang
9North American P-51D Mustang
10Northrop P-61B Black Widow
11Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat
12Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat
13Chance-Vought F4U-1A Corsair
14Grumman TBF Avenger
15Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless
16Curtiss SB2C-1 Helldiver
17Douglas A-20J Havoc
18Douglas A-26B Invader
19Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress
20Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress
21Consolidated B-24D Liberator
22Consolidated B-24J Liberator
23North American B-25C/D Mitchell
24North American B-25H Mitchell
25North American B-25J Mitchell
26Martin B-26B Marauder
27Boeing B-29A Superfortress
28Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon
29Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina
30Supermarine Spitfire Mk.I
31Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IX
32Supermarine Spitfire Mk.XIV
33Hawker Hurricane Mk.I
34Hawker Typhoon Mk.IB
35Gloster Meteor Mk.I
36Fairey Swordfish Mk.I
37de Havilland Mosquito Mk.IV Series II
38Bristol Beaufighter Mk.IF
39Vickers Wellington Mk.III
40Short Stirling Mk.III
41Handley Page Halifax Mk.III
42Avro Lancaster Mk.III
43Avro Lancaster Mk.I Special
44Short Sunderland Mk.III
45Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-3
46Lavochkin LaGG-3
47Lavochkin La-7
48Yakovlev Yak-1
49Yakovlev Yak-3
50Yakovlev Yak-9
51Ilyushin Il-2
52Ilyushin Il-4
53Petlyakov Pe-2
54Tupolev Tu-2
55Yermolayev Yer-2
56Savoia-Marchetti S.M.79-II Sparviero
57CANT Z.1007 Alcione
58Macchi M.C.200 Saetta
59Macchi M.C.202 Folgore
60Macchi M.C.205 Veltro
61Fiat G.55 Centauro
62Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa
63Nakajima Ki-44-Ia Shoki
64Kawasaki Ki-45-Kia-C Toryu
65Kawasaki Ki-61-Ia Hien
66Nakajima Ki-84 Hayate
67Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero-Sen
68Mitsubishi A6M5 Zero-Sen
69Mitsubishi J2M Raiden
70Kawanishi N1K2-J Shiden
71Aichi D3A1
72Nakajima B5N2
73Yokosuka D4Y1 Suisei
74Nakajima B6N2 Tenzan
75Mitsubishi G3M2
76Mitsubishi G4M2
77Mitsubishi Ki-21-IIb
78Kawanishi H8K2
79Messerschmitt Bf.109E-4
80Messerschmitt Bf.109F-4/Trop
81Messerschmitt Bf.109G-14
82Messerschmitt Bf.110C Zerstorer
83Focke-Wulf Fw.190A-5
84Focke-Wulf Fw.190D-9
85Focke-Wulf Ta.152C
86Messerschmitt Me.410A Hornisse
87Dornier Do.335A-1 Pfeil
88Messerschmitt Me.262A-1 Schwalbe
89Messerschmitt Me.163B-1 Komet
90Junkers Ju.88G-6
91Heinkel He.219A-7 Uhu
92Junkers Ju.87G-1 Stuka
93Henschel Hs.129B-3/Wa
94Heinkel He.111H-6
95Junkers Ju.88A-4
96Junkers Ju.188E-2
97Dornier Do.17Z-2
98Dornier Do.217K-2
99Focke-Wulf Fw.200C-8 Condor
100Arado Ar.234B-2 Blitz
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Contributors


Albert “Al” B. Kramer — A very special thanks to Albert B. Kramer, President of Roll-EZ Wheels, for loaning us his entire collection of over 200 Non-Sports aviation trading card sets to scan for our Skytamer.com website. Without Al's generous help, the scope of the airplane trading cards on this website would be significantly less. Al is a retired Air Racing pilot who raced during the 1980's in his famous “Cobra #22” Biplane Air Racer (N12FE). After his Air Racing career, Al went on to become Owner and President of San-Val Aviation located at the Van Nuys Airport. Al recently “retired” and turned his hobby of large scale model trains into “Roll-EZ Wheels”. Roll-EZ Wheels specializes in the finest large scale model train wheels, and other exclusive products strictly for large scale model trains! Be sure to visit Al's Roll-EZ Wheels website.

Al's Non-Sports card collection consists of War Cards, Presidents, Indians, Cars, Boats, Ships, Planes, Rockets, Movie Stars, Dogs, Licence Plates, Flags of the World, Headlines, Cigarette, and Cereal cards. Al's collection includes the only-known example of the Carnation “Aircraft Recognition Cards” (F270-1a) Douglas D558-2 “Red Skyrocket”. Al obtained the Carnation “Red Skyrocket” card in a group of 12 different cards that he bought on eBay. He originally thought that the cards were a batch of Nabisco cards until he turned over the “Red Skyrocket” card and it instantly became Al's most prized Non-Sports card. Al believes that the “Red Skyrocket” was made as a sample for Carnation and somehow got into circulation. The Carnation “Red Skyrocket“ (Douglas D-558-2) was an artist drawing, while the Douglas D-558-2 “Skyrocket” included in both the Carnation F270-1a (single line) and the F270-1b (two-line) normal circulation sets were color photos, rather than drawings. As a sidenote, the Douglas D-558-1 “Red Skystreak” was also an artist drawing, but went into general circulation and was included in both the F270-1a and F270-1b Carnation sets. All of the other cards in both of the Carnation sets appear to be photographs.

John Shupek — John is retired Aeronautical/Aerospace Engineer that lives in Southern California. John's 36 year aerospace career/adventure started in the mid-1960s when he worked for Pratt & Whitney at their “FRDC” … Florida Research and Development Center, West Palm Beach, Florida. John was part of the P&W jet engine design team for the CIA/USAF's Lockheed A-12/SR-71A “Oxcart/Blackbird” engines (J58/JT11D-20). He also worked on the RL-10 rocket engine and the JTF-17A which was P&W's entry into the United States' SST competition between Boeing and Lockheed. Several years later, John moved Back to California and worked at the AiResearch Mfg. Company at LAX and Torrance. He originally worked on the thermal design of the HRE (Hypersonic Ramjet Engine) which was a supersonic combustion Mach 7 ramjet engine that was to be tested on the North American X-15. John did about three more years of jet engine design work before he disappeared for 13 years into the classified DOE “GCEP” (Gas Centrifuge Enrichment Plant) Atomic Energy program for the enrichment of U235. After the GCEP program was cancelled by the DOE in 1985, John was hired by Northrop Aircraft to do the thermal design for Northrop's entry into the ATF (Advanced Tactical Fighter) competition, the Northrop YF-23A “Black Widow II” stealth supercruise fighter. He also worked on the Northrop Grumman B-2A “Spirit” stealth bomber. After several years on a classified stealth missile program, John worked the remainder of his Aerospace career as one of Northrop Grumman's Program Directors on the United States Navy's F/A-18E/F “Super Hornet” jet fighter program.

During John's career at Northrop Grumman he served for five years as Northrop's “Vintage Aircraft Club” Commissioner and the Curator and Webmaster for the Western Museum of Flight in Hawthorne, California. Several years later, John was the volunteer webmaster (for about 3 years) for the Yanks Air Museum, Chino, California. He also served as President and webmaster for two different NPO's after his retirement. The Whittier Historical Society & Museum and Whittier Meals on Wheels.

John's love of aviation history and aviation photography lead to the establishment of this Skytamer.com website in 1998. The Skytamer.com site has continued to expand and will always grow and will never be completed. It's sort of analogous to a snowball rolling down a hill without any trees to stop it. In approximately 2002, John remembered that he had collected Topps “Wings” (ACC# R707-4) airplane trading cards while in High School. Somehow the cards had disappeared over the years. So at this point, he started to re-collect airplane trading cards via eBay and become an airplane card “Image Collector” rather than a “Card Collector” per se. After John scans an airplane card for the website, he has no further use for it and he puts it Back into circulation via eBay. John's mission statement for the Skytamer.com is basically to restore and preserve high-quality card images/artwork associated with the various airplane card sets from the early 1900s to the present. These cards are wonderful historical “snapshots” into aviation history showing which aviation events and aircraft were important at that point in time. For the Skytamer.com website, basically if it is a trading card collection that features things that fly, but doesn't have feathers, it is eligible for consideration on the Skytamer.com website. John always welcomes inputs and high resolution scans (600-dpi) that can be used on this website. John can be reached via the “Contact Us” navigation button on the left.

References


  1. Kramer, Albert B. “World War II War Machines, the Flight Series (1993N01) The Rogers Group.” Personal Collection of Aircraft Trade Cards (300-dpi Image Scans).
  2. Shupek, John A. “World War II War Machines, the Flight Series (1993N01) The Rogers Group.” The Skytamer Archive (300-dpi Image Scans). Skytamer Images, Whittier, CA, 2014. Digital Image Database.

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