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title: Coming? Then Hurry! Air Crews Wanted Now for the R.A.A.F.
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/coming-then-hurry-raaf-australia-1939/
description: A smiling airman in flying kit gives a thumbs-up from the cockpit edge of an aircraft, with a roundel-marked fighter in the sky behind him.
section: Collection
---

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[![Coming? Then Hurry! Air Crews Wanted Now for the R.A.A.F., 1939 Australia poster: A smiling airman in flying kit gives](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/coming-then-hurry-raaf-australia-1939.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/coming-then-hurry-raaf-australia-1939.jpg)

# Coming? Then Hurry! Air Crews Wanted Now for the R.A.A.F.

A smiling airman in flying kit gives a thumbs-up from the cockpit edge of an aircraft, with a roundel-marked fighter in the sky behind him, under the question 'Coming?' and the order 'then hurry!'. The tell is the casual, already-under-way invitation that treats enlisting as what others are doing, with urgency added by 'NOW'.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Bandwagon](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/bandwagon/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
Coming?
— then hurry!
AIR CREWS WANTED NOW FOR THE R.A.A.F.
APPLY R.A.A.F. RECRUITING CENTRE IN CAPITAL CITIES, AND
VOLUNTARY SELECTION COMMITTEE IN COUNTRY CENTRES
A.F. 5
```

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