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title: One of the Magnificent British Fighters...
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/one-of-the-magnificent-british-fighters-uk-1939/
description: A British fighter in a steep dive pursues a burning German twin-engined aircraft, captioned 'One of the magnificent British fighters which have shot down
section: Collection
---

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[![One of the Magnificent British Fighters..., 1939 UK poster: A British fighter in a steep dive pursues a burning German](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/one-of-the-magnificent-british-fighters-uk-1939.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/one-of-the-magnificent-british-fighters-uk-1939.jpg)

# One of the Magnificent British Fighters...

A British fighter in a steep dive pursues a burning German twin-engined aircraft, captioned 'One of the magnificent British fighters which have shot down over 3,000 German planes'. The tells are the laudatory word 'magnificent' (glittering generalities) and a single unsourced tally presented alone (card-stacking).

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
One of the magnificent British fighters which have shot down over 3,000 German planes
[signed:] ROLAND DAVIES
P.B.
```

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