Me110 - Tactical Poster 108
A cutaway drawing of a German Messerschmitt Me 110 twin-engine fighter shows crew positions, guns, fuel tanks and engine with labelled parts, and small views of arcs of fire. It is an aircraft-recognition and technical poster; the only technique that fits is card-stacking, since it presents the aircraft's armament and structure as selected facts for the viewer. No persuasive claim is made.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1941
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Not stated; imprint 'Air Diagram 1352 1/41', 'Official Use Only', 'Tactical Poster #108 O.C.A.C.'; artist G. H. Tavis
- Region
- Western and Central Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Military
- Regime
- Churchill Government
- Leader
- Winston Churchill
- Audience
- Own forces
- Purpose
- Warn or inform
- 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 (British wartime poster, imprint as stated in notes)
Not stated; imprint 'Air Diagram 1352 1/41', 'Official Use Only', 'Tactical Poster #108 O.C.A.C.'; artist G. H. Tavis. National Archives and Records Administration, 44-PF-65v.
Text on the object
ME110 [labels:] 4 FIXED MACHINE GUNS. BULLET PROOF FRONT SCREEN 2 7/8TH THICK. PILOT. WIRELESS. MAGAZINES ON CANNON. SPARE MAGAZINES FOR CANNON. GUNNER-WIRELESS OPERATOR. MOVABLE MACHINE GUN. HINGED COVER. MAGAZINE RACK. TRAILING AERIAL WINCH. OXYGEN BOTTLES. DI-POLE AERIAL FOR BLIND APPROACH. SELF-SEALING FUEL TANKS (82.50 GALLONS) (58.50 GALLONS). SPAR. DAIMLER-BENZ DB601 ENGINE 985 H.P. AT 14,700 FEET. OIL TANK (9 GALLONS). OIL COOLER. V.D.M. ELECTRICALLY OPERATED AIR SCREW. AUTOMATIC SLOT. SLOTTED FLAP. ARC OF FIRE REAR GUN. NOTE: SQUARE CUT WING TIPS. [box:] OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AIR DIAGRAM 1352 1/41 | G. H. DAVIS (signature, read as Tavis by NARA) TACTICAL POSTER #108 O. C. A. C.
