Windy Wayne and the Flying Wing

Racine WI: Whitman Publishing Company. Fair. (c.1942). First Edition. Hardcover. (pictorial boards) [light bumping to several corners, wear along hinges, front hinge cracked but not separated, minor tears at the edges of a few pages; birthday gift inscription (dated 1972) on inside front cover, previous owner's light pencilled name on ffep]. (The Better Little Book, no. 1433) Series (cartoon illustrations) World War II adventure, with intrepid U.S. Army pilot Windy Wayne flying a modernistic new warplane against the Japanese. (Be forewarned about the vicious wartime stereotypes.) This book has a "movie" (flip-book) incorporated in the upper-right corner of every page. (Did Windy Wayne exist as a character outside the Better Little Book universe? There's no indication in the book that it's based on or derived from some other medium, e.g. radio or the comics.) .