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
- Date
- 1939
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- No imprint printed; British wartime photographic information sheet in French (British origin inferred from the subject and RAF markings)
- Region
- Western and Central Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Churchill Government
- Leader
- Winston Churchill
- Audience
- Foreign public
- Purpose
- Reassure
- Theme
- War and the military
- Event
- World War II
- Leader
- Winston Churchill
- Source
- Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
- 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; likely UK Crown copyright from 1939-1945 (50 years expired); hosted by owner decision
Issuer not printed (British wartime information sheet in French). National Archives and Records Administration, 44-PF-795j.
Text on the object
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.]
