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title: Give us more P-47's
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/give-us-more-p-47s-1944/
description: 'Army Air Forces production-appeal poster: a P-47 Thunderbolt and a German fighter with swastika tail marking collide in a cloud-filled sky.'
section: Collection
---

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[![Give us more P-47's, 1944 US poster: Army Air Forces production-appeal poster](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/give-us-more-p-47s-1944.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/give-us-more-p-47s-1944.jpg)

# Give us more P-47's

Army Air Forces production-appeal poster: a P-47 Thunderbolt and a German fighter with swastika tail marking collide in a cloud-filled sky, over a boxed quotation from an 'Army Air Forces report' on a P-47 victory. The tell is a single favourable combat episode, attributed to an official report, standing in for a request for more aircraft.

## 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

```
Give us
MORE P-47's
"The Nazi climbed into the sun . . . the P-47 banked sharply to avoid a crash but its tail smashed into the Messerschmitt's propeller and engine...the Nazi spun down streaming smoke. This unorthodox victory won, the Thunderbolt, although damaged, rejoined the fight and shot down another enemy fighter."
Army Air Forces report
U. S. ARMY OFFICIAL POSTER
[signature: HEASLIP '44]
ISD No. 159
[imprint: U.S. Government Printing Office : 1944-O-[illegible]]
```

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