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1940 “Aeroplane Series” (UO1)
Tide Water Associated Oil Company (Tydol), New York City, New York, United States
Series Title: Aeroplane Series
American Card Catalog No.: UO1
Manufactured by: Tide Water Associated Oil Company (Tydol)
Country: New York City, New York, United States
Number of Cards: 40
Card Dimensions: 27/16 × 4 inches (approximate)
Circa: 1940
Checklist: Download
Series Background
The Tydol UO1 “Aeroplane Series” is an interesting series of 40 airplane cards that were issued by the Tide Water Associated Oil Company (Tydol) and were distributed by Tydol Flying “A” Gasoline and Veedol Motor Oil Dealers to their customers. There is no copyright date on the cards. However, the color artwork on the cards was featured in Whitman’s 1940 “War Planes” by John B. Walker.
The cards themselves used an inferior grade of card-stock that easily soiled and was subject to flaking. The cards also seem to suffer from deficiencies in format and poor cropping of the actual photographs. As a side note, some of the same artwork was used in several of the R112 “CARD-O” series. Despite the various flaws of the series, the Tydol UO1 “Aeroplane Series” has become very popular among airplane card collectors. This is due to the fact the airplane photographs are unusual, and the cards themselves are difficult to find in the higher card grades.
The card dimensions are 27/16 × 4 inches, and are printed on a heavy light-tan card stock. The front of the card features the color artwork of the aircraft surrounded by a thick border. The caption under the artwork notes the country of origin, the manufacturer, and the aircraft designation. The reverse side of the card contains the card number, a brief narrative about the aircraft, and the following caption at the bottom of the card. The American Card Catalog reference number for this series is UO1.
Image-Guide
The following images have been computer enhanced presentation purposes.
Checklist
| 1940 “Aeroplane Series”
Tide Water Associated Oil Company (Tydol) Checklist | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vickers Wellington III | |
| 2 | Messerschmitt BF 109R | |
| 3 | Dewoitine D.500 | |
| 4 | T.B.3 | |
| 5 | Marinens Flyvebat-Fabrikk M.F.11 | |
| 6 | Brewster F2A1 | |
| 7 | Focke-Wulf Stieglitz | |
| 8 | Breda 65 | |
| 9 | Grumman F4F-3 | |
| 10 | Bell “Airacuda” | |
| 11 | I.A.R. 15 | |
| 12 | Northrup 8A-1 | |
| 13 | Armstrong-Whitworth Whitley | |
| 14 | Muniz M-7 | |
| 15 | Renard R.36 | |
| 16 | Boeing XB 15 | |
| 17 | Curtiss XP42 | |
| 18 | Short-Sunderland | |
| 19 | Bristol-Blenheim | |
| 20 | Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 | |
| 21 | Vultee VII GB | |
| 22 | Karigane 96 | |
| 23 | Rogojarsky SIM XIV-H | |
| 24 | Potez 63 | |
| 25 | Dornier DO 24 | |
| 26 | Miles Master | |
| 27 | Consolidated XPB2Y-1 | |
| 28 | Lockheed XP-38 | |
| 29 | Koolhoven F.K.58 | |
| 30 | Curtiss-Hawk III | |
| 31 | Fiat BR-20 | |
| 32 | Z.K.B. 26 | |
| 33 | Fairey Battle | |
| 34 | Seversky P-35 | |
| 35 | Curtiss-Hawk IV | |
| 36 | Junkers JU 86K | |
| 37 | Airacobra | |
| 38 | Fiat G-50 | |
| 39 | Supermarine Spitfire | |
| 40 | Vultee V-12A | |
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