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World War II print ads.
These ads abounded during World War II and were used reinforce brand awareness while a company was supporting the war effort instead of being able to provide consumer goods.
Nearly all these images are from the collection of Benoit De Mulder. Thank you Benoit for sharing these with us.

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"In Peace Japan Breeds War", Eckstein, Harper and Bros., 3rd ed. 1943(1927, 1928,1942)
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Interesting how Bell refers to post war "Planes of Peace", by that I assume they mean civilian airplanes.
But, to the best of my knowledge, And unlike other military contractors, Bell never designed or proposed post war civil airplane.
Others tried....Republic with the Seabee and a projected Rainbow airliner; North American with the Navion; Consolidated with the Liberator Liner, commercial C-99 fantasies...not to mention the successful 340-340-440 airliners; Grumman with the Tadpole, Kitten and the Mallard, plus the resumption of commercial aircraft by Boeing (Model 367 Stratocruiser) and Douglas (DC-6, the first projected DC-7...a civil C-74 variant, the first DC-8 a transport variant of the XB-42) and Lockheed could finally sell the Constellation.

At the time these ads were written, the Bell helicopter effort was still very much a back yard (actually a disused Chrysler dealership outside Buffalo) "Skunk works" effort that few expected to pay off as it did. Even then it took Korean War production to use up the engine stockpile that was bought early in the 47 program when Bell management (and others) thought that private helicopters (though not necessarily the flying family car Popular Mechanics-like dream) would be the next big thing.

Since my books on Bell history don't mention anything, anyone here know of proposed Bell fixed wing commercial projects?

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