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title: '"Hurricanes" of the Royal Air Force Cooperating with the Russian Air Force - Back Them Up!'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/uk-hurricanes-of-the-raf-russian-air-force-back-them-up-1939/
description: An illustration of a Hurricane with RAF roundels diving past Soviet red-star fighters, with a swastika-marked aircraft trailing smoke below.
section: Collection
---

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# "Hurricanes" of the Royal Air Force Cooperating with the Russian Air Force - Back Them Up!

An illustration of a Hurricane with RAF roundels diving past Soviet red-star fighters, with a swastika-marked aircraft trailing smoke below, captioned 'Hurricanes of the Royal Air Force co-operating with the Russian Air Force' over the line 'Back them up!'. The tell is the pairing of national markings (roundel, red star, swastika) as allied and enemy symbols with a one-line call to support the effort.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

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

```
"Hurricanes" of the Royal Air Force co-operating with the Russian Air Force.

BACK THEM UP!

[imprint:] PRINTED IN ENGLAND by CHROMOWORKS LTD. LONDON. 51-2326
```

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