R112-10 Card-O Air Squadron Insignia WW II Disney Trading Cards

Card-O “Air Squadron Insignia”
Walt Disney Productions, United States, R112-10

Set Title: Air Squadron Insignia
ACC No.: R112-10
Manufactured by: Walt Disney Productions
Packaged With: unknown
Number of Cards: 9 (w/o © line); 9 (with © line)
Numbering: unnumbered
Card Dimensions: 2¼ × 3½ inches (PLC format with rounded corners)
Circa: World War II
Checklist: Download

Overview

“Air Squadron Insignia” was one of the most popular trading card sets issued during World War II. During World War II the Walt Disney Studios created insignia for various wartime Air Squadrons. A few of these insignia are immortalized on this card set. Each card front features the artwork for two Air Squadron Insignia. A title strip denoting the subject Air Squadrons is located directly beneath the side-by-side (landscaped) insignia artwork. The reverse side of the card, also presented in a landscape format, contains two side-by-side panels that provide descriptive text of the subject Air Squadrons.

There are two known variants of the reverse side of these cards: (1) one set without and Copyright line, and (2) one set with a “© Walt Disney Productions” copyright line. To date, only nine basic cards are known to exist in the set. We currently have no information of the packaging scheme (i.e. wrappers, retail display boxes, etc.) for the series. The American Card Catalog reference number for the series is R112-10.

Typical R112-10 “Air Squadron Insignia” Card Front

Typical R112-10 “Air Squadron Insignia” Type 1 Card Back

Typical R112-10 “Air Squadron Insignia” Type 2 Card Back

“Air Squadron Insignia” (R112-10) Image Guide

The following R112-10 Image Guide shows the fronts and Backs of all 18 cards in the two sets. Behind each thumbnail image is a 600-dpi image that you may access, just “click” on the thumbnail images to enlarge. All of the images been computer enhanced for presentation purposes.

Type 1 Cards without Copyright Line

R112-10 “Type 2” Cards with “© WALT DISNEY PRODUCTIONS” Copyright Line

R112-10 “Air Squadron Insignia”

We have included two versions of checklist: (1) the web version shown below, and (2) an Adobe® Acrobat® PDF 8½ × 11 inch format checklist.

Card-O “Air Squadron Insignia” Walt Disney Productions, United States, R112-10 Checklist
w/o ©	with ©	Left Side Title	Right Side Title
		EAGLE SQUADRON, R.A.F	3rd RECONNAISSANCE TROOP
		SUBMARINE BASE - Somewhere-on the east	UNITED STATES MOSQUITO FLEET
		THE FLYING TIGER	57th SIGNAL BATTALION
		1st DEFENSE BATTALION, Fleet Marine Force	JACKSON AIR BASE
		13th ARMORED DIVISION	751st TANK BATTALION
		67th BOMBARDMENT SQUADRON	56th PURSUIT SQUADRON
		445th SCHOOL SQUADRON	AIR BASE DETACHMENT, Gray Field
		503rd PARACHUTE BATTALION	FIRST FERRYING SQUADRON
		774th TANK DESTROYER BATALLION	21st BOMBARDMENT SQUADRON

Special Thanks

A very special thanks to Albert B. Kramer of Roll-EZ Wheels, Inc. for helping us with this series.

References

Shupek, John A., Card images from the Skytamer Archive
Kramer, Albert B., Card images from the Kramer Collection