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title: '"Never Was So Much Owed by So Many to So Few" (The Prime Minister)'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/uk-never-was-so-much-owed-to-so-few-1940/
description: Five RAF airmen in flying helmets and harness look upward against a blue sky beneath the quotation, credited only to 'The Prime Minister'.
section: Collection
---

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[!["Never Was So Much Owed by So Many to So Few", 1940 UK poster: Five RAF airmen in flying helmets and harness look upward](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/uk-never-was-so-much-owed-to-so-few-1940.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/uk-never-was-so-much-owed-to-so-few-1940.jpg)

# "Never Was So Much Owed by So Many to So Few" (The Prime Minister)

Five RAF airmen in flying helmets and harness look upward against a blue sky beneath the quotation, credited only to 'The Prime Minister'. The sentence is attributed to the head of government (testimonial), and the airmen's photographed prestige is attached to the national war effort (transfer).

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
"NEVER WAS SO MUCH
OWED BY SO MANY
TO SO FEW"
THE PRIME MINISTER

Printed for H.M. Stationery Office by Lowe & Brydone Printers Ltd., London, N.W.10. 51-8827
```

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