Stealing his equipment can ruin his chances!
Plain-ground poster: a large, dirty, reaching hand floats above a grinning airman in leather helmet and goggles, with slanting red script 'Stealing his equipment can ruin his chances!'. The hand sets up a threat to the flier's gear, a mild fear-appeal tying petty theft to risk for servicemen.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1941
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. government home-front campaign (issuer not printed)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Warn or inform
- Themes
- Home front, 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. government (issuer not printed). National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1806 (NAID 515485).
Text on the object
Stealing his equipment can ruin his chances!
