Sources
IPDB and Flipcommons Catalog contributed to this record.
Conflicts resolved (3 fields)
- gameplay_feature
- IPDB Kick-Out Holes ×2 used IPDB Passive Bumpers ×14 used
- theme
- IPDB Patriotic used IPDB World War II IPDB Wartime used IPDB Historical IPDB Military IPDB Combat used IPDB Aviation Flipcommons Catalog World War II used Flipcommons Catalog War used Flipcommons Catalog Patriotism used Flipcommons Catalog Military used Flipcommons Catalog Historical used Flipcommons Catalog Aviation used
- credit
- IPDB Roy Parker — Art IPDB Harry Mabs — Design Flipcommons Catalog Harry Mabs — Design used Flipcommons Catalog Roy Parker — Art used
Sources agree (5 fields)
- technology_generation
- electromechanical IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
- month
- 2 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
- year
- 1942 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
- player_count
- 1 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
- ipdb_id
- 3191 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
Single source (9 fields)
- ipdb.manufacturer_trade_name
- IPDB Gottlieb used
- ipdb.corporate_entity_name
- IPDB D. Gottlieb & Company used
- ipdb.image_urls
- IPDB ["https://www.ipdb.org/images/3191/Backglass.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/3191/Playfield.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/3191/image-1.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/3191/image-3.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/3191/image-2.png"] used
- ipdb.notes
- IPDB According to the Encyclopedia of Pinball Volume 2, this was a wartime production game made by Gottlieb using their remaining raw materials before their Government war contracts took effect, causing them to cease pinball production to convert to the war effort. At the center of the backglass is a depiction of the Minuteman Defense Stamp, which was sold by Post Offices in denominations of ten cents to one dollar. These stamps were affixed to a book which, when full, was exchanged for a war bond of the same total value. We previously showed a date for this game of October 1942. This game debuted the first week in February 1942 per Billboard Feb-7-1942 page 75. The motto "Keep 'Em Flying" was used by the United States during WWII. We have seen references that it was used by the Army, the Army Air Corps, and the Civil Aeronautics Administration. Conflicting references cite who coined it and when. The earliest instance we have encountered was in the May 1939 issue of Flying Magazine on page 54 stating it had been recently adopted by the Army. It was also the name of a Hollywood movie in 1941. used
- ipdb.notable_features
- IPDB Passive bumpers (14), Kick-out holes (2). used
- corporate_entity
- Flipcommons Catalog d-gottlieb-company used
- title
- Flipcommons Catalog keep-em-flying used
- name
- Flipcommons Catalog Keep 'Em Flying used
- slug
- Flipcommons Catalog keep-em-flying used