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title: Les Bombardiers Américains Douglas "Boston" Font Partie de la Puissante Force Aérienne Qui Vaincra L'Axe
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/uk-bombardiers-americains-douglas-boston-1939/
description: Three twin-engined bombers with RAF roundels fly above a bank of cloud, captioned as American Douglas 'Boston' bombers that are part of the powerful air
section: Collection
---

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[![Les Bombardiers Américains Douglas "Boston" Font Partie de la Puissante Force Aérienne Qui Vaincra L'Axe, 1939 UK poster](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/uk-bombardiers-americains-douglas-boston-1939.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/uk-bombardiers-americains-douglas-boston-1939.jpg)

# Les Bombardiers Américains Douglas "Boston" Font Partie de la Puissante Force Aérienne Qui Vaincra L'Axe

Three twin-engined bombers with RAF roundels fly above a bank of cloud, captioned as American Douglas 'Boston' bombers that are part of the powerful air force which 'will defeat the Axis'. The tell is the victory claim carried by three aircraft in one photograph, with no figures for the force it refers to.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
LES BOMBARDIERS AMERICAINS DOUGLAS "BOSTON" FONT PARTIE DE LA PUISSANTE FORCE AERIENNE QUI VAINCRA L'AXE.
[Translation: The American Douglas "Boston" bombers are part of the powerful air force that will defeat the Axis.]
```

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