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
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
- Date
- 1944
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Navy; artist Charles Andres, USNR
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Military
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Own forces
- Purpose
- Reassure
- Theme
- War and the military
- 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. Navy. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1390 (NAID 515049).
Text on the object
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]
