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
- Date
- 1944
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Army, Army Air Forces; artist Heaslip
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Military
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- 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-892 (NAID 514397).
Text on the object
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]]
