Modern Airplanes (50) Wings Cigarettes (T87B) USA

1941 Modern Airplanes, Series B (T87B)
Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, Louisville Kentucky, USA

Title: Modern Airplanes, Series B
American Card Catalog Number: T87B
Issued by: Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, Louisville Kentucky, USA
Packaged with: Wings Cigarettes
No. of Cards: 50
Numbering: 1 to 50
Dimensions: 2^1/2 × 1^25/32
Circa: 1941
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Skytamer Note

This tiny T87 card set series, has some of the highest quality artwork that we have ever seen on any of the Airplane Trade Card sets.

Overview

During the early years of World War II, Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation of Louisville, Kentucky issued four 50-card series of airplane collector cards. The cards were packed with WINGS Cigarettes and were commonly referred to as Wings Cigarette Cards rather than their actual series titles. The fronts of the cards featured artwork of an Official Photograph of an aircraft. The reverse of the cards included a brief narrative about the aircraft, the aircraft name, card number, and advertising copy. The overall American Card Catalog Number for this series is T87. The following subsets were included in the series.

T87: Modern American Airplanes. This subset has 51 cards, which includes the #34 Sparton Executive nerror card. This subset is commonly known as the No Letter Series.
T87A: Modern American Airplanes, Series A. This 50-card subset used the same artwork as the T87 No Letter Series and corrected the #34 typo card.
T-87B: Modern Airplanes, Series B.. This 50-card subset included American, Canadian and British aircraft.
T87C: Modern Airplanes, Series C. This final 50-card subset included American, Norwegian, Canadian, British, and Cuban aircraft.

Card # 1 "Piper Cub Trainer"

Image-Guide

28 : Armstrong-Whitworth Whitley Heavy Bomber

39 : Vickers-Armstrong Supermarine Spitfire Fighter

45 : Armstrong-Whitworth Ensign Airliner

50 : Canadian Car and Foundry Company Fighter

1 : Piper Cub Trainer 2 : Ercoupe 415C 3 : Aeronca Chief 4 : Stinson Reliant 5 : Timm PT-160-K Trainer 6: Bellanca Cruisair 7 : Gwinn Aircar 8 : Monocoupe Zephyr 9 : Cessna Twin 10 : Grumman G-21 Widgeon 11 : Lockheed Lodestar 12 : Curtiss Transport 13 : Waco PT-14 Primary Trainer 14 : Fairchild PT-19 Primary Trainer 15 : Ryan-ST Primary Trainer 16 : Curtiss Falcon 22 Combat Trainer 17 : Curtiss P-37 Pursuit 18 : Curtiss P-40 Pursuit 19 : Curtiss Model 21 Interceptor 20 : Lockheed P-38 Pursuit Interceptor 21 : Curtiss A-18 Attack 22 : Consolidated 32 Heavy Bomber 23 : Curtiss SBC-4 Dive-Bomber 24 : Curtiss SO3C-1 Observation Scout 25 : Grumman XF5F-1 Skyrocket Fighter 26 : Airspeed Oxford Advanced Trainer 27 : Avro Anson Reconnaissance 28 : Armstrong-Whitworth Whitley Heavy Bomber 29 : Bristol Beaufort Torpedo Bomber 30 : Bristol Blenheim Bomber 31 : de Havilland Don Communication 32 : Gloster Gladiator Fighter 33 : Handley Page Harrow Heavy Bomber 34 : Handley Page Hampden Bomber 35 : Fairey P.4/34 Light Bomber 36 : Fairey Battle Bomber 37 : Hawker Hurricane Fighter 38 : Lockhed Hudson Bomber 39 : Vickers-Armstrong Supermarine Spitfire Fighter 40 : Wellington Long Range Bomber 41 : Short Sunderland Flying Boat 42 : Short Empire Flying Boat 43 : de Havilland Flamingo Transport 44 : de Havilland Albatross 45 : Armstrong-Whitworth Ensign Airliner 46 : Fleet Primary Trainer 47 : Fleet Model 60L Trainer 48 : Fleet Model 50K Seaplane 49 : Noorduyn Norseman Transport 50 : Canadian Car and Foundry Company Fighter

1941 Wings - Modern Airplanes (T87B) Wings Cigarettes, 50 Airplane Cards ORIGINAL SCANS
1 1b	2 2b	3 3b	4 4b	5 5b	6 6b	7 7b	8 8b	9 9b	10 10b	11 11b	12 12b	13 13b	14 14b	15 15b	16 16b	17 17b	18 18b	19 19b	20 20b	21 21b	22 22b	23 23b	24 24b	25 25b
26 26b	27 27b	28 28b	29 29b	30 30b	31 31b	32 32b	33 33b	34 34b	35 35b	36 36b	37 37b	38 38b	39 39b	40 40b	41 41b	42 42b	43 43b	44 44b	45 45b	46 46b	47 47b	48 48b	49 49b	50 50b

Album Image-Guide

References

John A. Shupek: Card images via the Skytamer Archive Digital Image Database.