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title: Help Britain Finish the Job!
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/help-britain-finish-the-job-wootton-1939/
description: A painting of an RAF fighter diving past German bombers, one trailing fire and smoke, above the line 'Help Britain finish the job!'.
section: Collection
---

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# Help Britain Finish the Job!

A painting of an RAF fighter diving past German bombers, one trailing fire and smoke, above the line 'Help Britain finish the job!'. The viewer is asked to share in the pilot's success (transfer), and only British successes appear in the scene (card-stacking).

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/) [Card stacking](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/card-stacking/)

## Text on the object

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

```
HELP BRITAIN
FINISH THE JOB!

[signature in the painting:] WOOTTON

PRINTED FOR H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE BY FOSH & CROSS LTD., LONDON (51/501)
```

[← Guard Against VD: Venereal Disease](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/guard-against-venereal-disease-1939/) [He's in the Silent Service - Are You? →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/hes-in-the-silent-service-are-you-1939/)

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