OK for a KO by Air Force technicians
Army Air Forces maintenance poster in red-brown crayon style: a ground technician with a tool case raises an arm toward aircraft overhead while a second crewman crouches near a downed plane. The headline credits 'Air Force technicians' with the 'OK' for flight. The technique is faint; the sheet shows ordinary ground crew as the people who keep planes flying.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1942
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Army Air Forces, Directorate of Flying Safety (artist Heasup)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Military
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Own forces
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- 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. Army Air Forces, Directorate of Flying Safety. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1444 (NAID 515107).
Text on the object
OK for a KO by AIR FORCE TECHNICIANS [signature: Heasup] [imprint: ARMY AIR FORCES] [imprint: U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1942-O-473549] [imprint: DIRECTORATE OF FLYING SAFETY]
