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
- Date
- 1942
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Army (Army Air Forces). Artist: Earle B. Winslow
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Military
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Themes
- War and the military, Home front
- Event
- World War II
- Regime
- Roosevelt administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Posters, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
U.S. Army. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-781 (NAID 514269).
Text on the object
[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]
