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title: Naval Aviation has a place for you
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/naval-aviation-has-a-place-for-you-painted-1941/
description: 'Navy aviation recruiting poster: a painted sailor in a white cap stands beside the huge landing-gear wheel of a flying boat.'
section: Collection
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[![Naval Aviation has a place for you, 1941 US poster: Navy aviation recruiting poster](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/naval-aviation-has-a-place-for-you-painted-1941.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/naval-aviation-has-a-place-for-you-painted-1941.jpg)

# Naval Aviation has a place for you

Navy aviation recruiting poster: a painted sailor in a white cap stands beside the huge landing-gear wheel of a flying boat, with a fleet and aircraft in the background. The text lists trades and says 'apply today'. The technique is faint; an ordinary rating at everyday work is shown as the person the Navy wants (plain-folks).

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Plain folks](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/plain-folks/)

## Text on the object

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

```
Naval Aviation
has a place for You...
* Pilots * Machinist's Mates
* Radiomen * Metalsmiths
* Ordnancemen
Learn the right way ~ the Navy way
apply today
[signature: McClelland Barclay USNR]
```

[← Naval Aviation has a place for you (photo montage)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/naval-aviation-has-a-place-for-you-montage-1941/) [The United States Navy needs young patriotic Americans to man its expanding fleet →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/navy-needs-young-patriotic-americans-1941/)

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