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title: Naval Aircrewman's Creed
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/naval-aircrewmans-creed-1944/
description: 'Navy morale sheet: a gunner in flying helmet and goggles fires a twin machine gun from an aircraft cockpit, three Japanese rising-sun flags painted'
section: Collection
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**Content note:** Shows a gunner firing in combat, with Japanese flags painted on the fuselage as a kill tally, and the text 'death for the enemy'. This object is shown as it was published. [Why](https://propagandaarchive.org/about/#as-it-was)

[![Naval Aircrewman's Creed, 1944 US poster: Navy morale sheet](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/naval-aircrewmans-creed-1944.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/naval-aircrewmans-creed-1944.jpg)

# Naval Aircrewman's Creed

Navy morale sheet: a gunner in flying helmet and goggles fires a twin machine gun from an aircraft cockpit, three Japanese rising-sun flags painted on the fuselage as a tally, and a boxed text, the Naval Aircrewman's Creed, above an aircrew wings badge. The creed's duty and trust language is the main appeal; the technique is mild.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/)

## Text on the object

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

```
NAVAL AIRCREWMAN'S CREED
I am a United States Naval Aircrewman, member of a combat team. My pilot and shipmates place their trust in me and my guns. I will care for my plane and guns as I care for my life. In them I hold a power of life and death—life for my countrymen, death for the enemy.
I will uphold my trust by protecting my pilot and plane to the absolute limit of my ability. So help me God.
[badge: AIR CREW]
[signature: CHARLES ANDRES USNR]
[imprint: U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1944-O-940016]
```

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