From Time Machine Collectibles site.
Captain Sparks was a heroic combat pilot and sidekick of Little Orphan Annie on that radio show, whose card could be cut out from the back of Quaker Oats Sparkles cereal boxes. The first series featured a picture of an era plane and description of it.
Examples:
Card 1: a Vultee Trainer
Card 4 North American B-25 "Mitchell" Bomber
Card 5 The Grumman "Wildcat" (F41-3)
Card 10 The DC-3 of the Army Air Transport Command
The last card was described as being cut by a child with edges not straight. The front is clean and bright and back is clean except "Wildcat" has a one by one-and-a-half-inch piece of paper stuck to it.
Since there is mention of warfare on the cards, they must have been made throughout at least part of the war.
I'll Trade You... For a...-- DaCoot
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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