ABA
One Sheet vintage poster is a well-known travel advertisement for
ABA (Aktiebolaget Aerotransport) Swedish Air Lines, created by artist Anders Beckman.
Poster Details
Airline: ABA, which was a Swedish government-owned airline founded in 1924 and later merged into the SAS Group in 1950.
Artist: Anders Beckman (1907-1967), a significant figure in the Swedish advertising industry who designed a series of posters for ABA.
Year: The poster was designed around 1943 during World War II.
Aircraft: The plane depicted is a Douglas DC-3, an aircraft type that ABA began operating in 1937 as the second European airline to do so.
Historical Context: During WWII, all of ABA's aircraft were painted in a distinctive orange-yellow "neutral" color and clearly marked for protection against war actions, a detail featured in this poster's advertising campaign. The aircraft featured prominently in the vintage ABA Swedish Air Lines poster is a
Douglas DC-3.
Details of the Aircraft
Model: The aircraft is a Douglas DC-3, a widely used propeller-driven airliner and military transport manufactured by the Douglas Aircraft Company.
Airline Service: ABA (Aktiebolaget Aerotransport) was the second European airline, after KLM, to operate the DC-3, introducing it to their fleet in 1937.
Coloration: The aircraft is depicted in a distinctive orange-yellow color. This specific coloration was used during World War II when Sweden was neutral. All of ABA's aircraft were painted in this manner to clearly mark them for protection against acts of war.
Poster Information: The poster itself was designed by artist Anders Beckman around 1943.
ABA (Aktiebolaget Aerotransport) Swedish Air Lines, created by artist Anders Beckman.
Poster Details
Airline: ABA, which was a Swedish government-owned airline founded in 1924 and later merged into the SAS Group in 1950.
Artist: Anders Beckman (1907-1967), a significant figure in the Swedish advertising industry who designed a series of posters for ABA.
Year: The poster was designed around 1943 during World War II.
Aircraft: The plane depicted is a Douglas DC-3, an aircraft type that ABA began operating in 1937 as the second European airline to do so.
Historical Context: During WWII, all of ABA's aircraft were painted in a distinctive orange-yellow "neutral" color and clearly marked for protection against war actions, a detail featured in this poster's advertising campaign. The aircraft featured prominently in the vintage ABA Swedish Air Lines poster is a
Douglas DC-3.
Details of the Aircraft
Model: The aircraft is a Douglas DC-3, a widely used propeller-driven airliner and military transport manufactured by the Douglas Aircraft Company.
Airline Service: ABA (Aktiebolaget Aerotransport) was the second European airline, after KLM, to operate the DC-3, introducing it to their fleet in 1937.
Coloration: The aircraft is depicted in a distinctive orange-yellow color. This specific coloration was used during World War II when Sweden was neutral. All of ABA's aircraft were painted in this manner to clearly mark them for protection against acts of war.
Poster Information: The poster itself was designed by artist Anders Beckman around 1943.
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