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title: Give us more B-17's
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/give-us-more-b-17s-1944/
description: Drawing of a damaged B-17 Flying Fortress diving through cloud with German fighters around it, beside a boxed account of one mission credited to an Army
section: Collection
---

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# Give us more B-17's

Drawing of a damaged B-17 Flying Fortress diving through cloud with German fighters around it, beside a boxed account of one mission credited to an Army Air Forces report. The quoted report stands as testimony and tells only the success side of the mission (testimonial, card-stacking).

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Testimonial](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/testimonial/) [Card stacking](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/card-stacking/)

## Text on the object

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

```
U. S. ARMY
OFFICIAL POSTER
"The B-17 was homeward bound when 6 Focke-Wulfs queued in for an assault. 20 mm. shells tore through tail compartment and top turret..set oxygen and flares afire..the plane hurtled down 10,000 feet before it could be brought under control. Yet with hydraulic system out, brakes gone, riddled with shells, the Fortress came back for a good landing —with 4 enemy fighters to its credit."
Army Air Forces report
Give us
MORE B-17's
[signature: HEASLIP]
ISD No. 154
[imprint: U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1944—O—[illegible]]
```

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