---
title: Flying Fortress
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/flying-fortress-1942/
description: U.S. Army poster showing a four-engine B-17 bomber in red-toned clouds with two bombs falling, captioned 'Deadly Queen of the Skies.
section: Collection
---

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# Flying Fortress

U.S. Army poster showing a four-engine B-17 bomber in red-toned clouds with two bombs falling, captioned 'Deadly Queen of the Skies, pride of the Army Air Forces'. The tell is praise language ('Queen', 'pride') attached to the aircraft and the service (glittering generalities), with the national seal and aircraft insignia lending authority (transfer).

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/) [Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

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

```
[Army seal]
U. S. ARMY
FLYING FORTRESS
Deadly Queen of the Skies
pride of the Army Air Forces
[signature: Earle B. Winslow '42]
[imprint: illegible]
```

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