Keep 'em flying! (General Arnold on the Havoc)
A painted half-length portrait of a four-star general in uniform on a blue ground, with a yellow panel above carrying a printed endorsement of the Havoc aircraft over a facsimile signature. The red bar at the foot reads 'KEEP 'EM FLYING!'. The technique is testimonial: a named senior officer's praise of the planes is used to motivate aircraft workers.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1943
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Army (artist Bettina Steinke)
- 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, Labor
- 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-1173 (NAID 514769).
Text on the object
"Our pilots praise your Havocs as sweet-flying, hard-hitting planes. Highly maneuverable, they have done a great job of low level bombing and strafing." [signature:] H. H. Arnold GENERAL, U. S. ARMY COMMANDING GENERAL ARMY AIR FORCES KEEP 'EM FLYING! [signature:] Bettina Steinke [imprint:] U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1943-O-525581 U. S. ARMY
