An Impressive Flight of the New "Hurricane II" Fighter Aircraft
A photograph of six Hurricane II fighters in formation, with text on the type's armament and engine. The tell for card stacking is that the 'improvement' over the Hurricane I and its Battle of Britain success are stated without any performance figures or comparison.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1939
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- British government 'For Freedom' picture series (no issuing department or printer named on the sheet)
- Region
- Western and Central Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Churchill Government
- Leader
- Winston Churchill
- Audience
- Mixed
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Theme
- War and the military
- Event
- World War II
- Leader
- Winston Churchill
- 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 Foreign Posters, retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Held by NARA, Unrestricted; hosted by owner decision
British government 'For Freedom' series (issuer not named on sheet). National Archives and Records Administration, 44-PF-172s.
Text on the object
AN IMPRESSIVE FLIGHT OF THE NEW "HURRICANE II" FIGHTER AIRCRAFT THE "HURRICANE II" provides an improvement upon the performance of the "Hurricane I," which was used with such success against German raiders in the Battle of Britain. There are two versions of the "Hurricane II," one with twelve machine-guns, the other with four 20mm. cannon, and each is fitted with an improved "Merlin" engine. [emblem:] FOR FREEDOM [sheet mark:] E.A. 4.
