Manual: Aircraft Recognition for the Ground Observer. AF Manual 355-10, CAP 462. Department of the Air Force.

Object/Artifact

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Goulbourn Museum

Name/Title

Manual: "Aircraft Recognition for the Ground Observer." AF Manual 355-10, CAP 462. Department of the Air Force.

Entry/Object ID

2023.8.1.16

Description

Black-bound manual in horizontal orientation. Front cover has silver-stamped text and image of an airplane. The plane image depicts a four-engine fixed wing aircraft with a logo containing a star on the fuselage. The image covers the top-left quarter of the cover. The main title text ("Aircraft Recognition for the Ground Observer") is roughly placed in the centre of the cover, and is completely written in lower-case text. A horizontal line extends across the bottom of the cover approximately 2.5cm above the bottom edge, below which "Department of the Air Force" is written in full uppercase text. "AF Manual 355-10, CAP 462" is printed in the upper right corner. Front and back cover are separate pieces of laminated cardstock, and both are bound to inner pages using two metal screw-like fasteners. Manual has 172 pages. Pages within manual contain greyscale images and text.

Context

Roy McCooeye (James Elroy McCooeye) was a resident of the former Goulbourn Township. Roy McCooeye's career was with the National Research Council and he was a volunteer firefighter. Since these positions took him all over he joined the RCAF Ground Observer Corps (GObC). The GObC was a civilian organization within the Royal Canadian Air Force formed in October 1950 to help identify intruder aircraft before the Pinetree Line radar network was fully operational. Members were required to report any sighting of an aircraft with four or more engines via Forces-supplied radios.The organization was disbanded in the late 1950s.

Collection

Artefact Collection: Primary

Made/Created

Date made

April 1955

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Manual

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Instructional Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Height

1.4 cm

Width

24.7 cm

Depth

16.2 cm

Dimension Notes

2023-08-23 Horizontal

Material

paper - papier, paper, card stock

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Canadian Armed Forces, Royal Canadian Air Force, Ground Observer Corps, Elroy McCooeye