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
- Date
- 1939
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Issuer not named; artist Roland Davies (signed), initials 'P.B.'; British wartime poster
- Region
- Western and Central Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Churchill Government
- Leader
- Winston Churchill
- Audience
- Domestic public
- 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 wartime poster, no rights statement)
Issuer not named; artist Roland Davies (signed), initials 'P.B.'; British wartime poster, National Archives and Records Administration, 44-PF-318.
Text on the object
One of the magnificent British fighters which have shot down over 3,000 German planes [signed:] ROLAND DAVIES P.B.
