A British "Spitfire" on Patrol
A colour picture of a Spitfire fighter banking against the sky, with a Union flag emblem marked 'For Freedom'. The tell for transfer is the flag and roundels carrying the message; the tell for card-stacking is the claim that German pilots 'dread' the aircraft and that it accounted for hundreds of enemy aircraft, with no source or denominator.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1939
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Unattributed: 'For Freedom' emblem with Union flag; no issuing body, printer or artist named on the sheet
- Region
- Western and Central Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Churchill Government
- Leader
- Winston Churchill
- Audience
- Mixed
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Themes
- War and the military, Science and technology
- 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; hosted by owner decision
Unattributed ('For Freedom' emblem, GPD/ED9/4). National Archives and Records Administration, 44-PF-337c.
Text on the object
A BRITISH "SPITFIRE" ON PATROL GERMAN PILOTS have learned to dread the British "Spitfire," which is so fast and so manoeuvrable that it has accounted for hundreds of enemy bombers and fighters. "Spitfire" fighters escort bombers on their many daylight attacks on German-controlled industries on the Continent. [imprint:] FOR FREEDOM GPD/ED9/4
