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Tribute to You - Beaufighter Bulletin No. 14, 1939 UK poster: A photograph of a torpedo-carrying Beaufighter and an RAF

Tribute to You - Beaufighter Bulletin No. 14

A photograph of a torpedo-carrying Beaufighter and an RAF roundel rosette sit above a short report of an attack on an enemy convoy, ending with a pilot's quoted words. Only successes are reported, with 'all the torpedo aircraft returned safely' (card-stacking), and a pilot's quotation gives the account a first-hand voice (testimonial).

Propaganda techniques used in this poster

Card stackingTestimonial
Date
1939
Period
Second World War
Made by
Ministry of Aircraft Production, through His Majesty's Stationery Office; printed by Multi Machine Plates Ltd., London E.C.4
Region
Western and Central Europe
Country
United Kingdom
Medium
Poster
Issuer type
State
Regime
Churchill Government
Leader
Winston Churchill
Audience
Domestic public
Purpose
Reassure
Themes
War and the military, Home front
Event
World War II
Regime
Churchill wartime government
Leader
Winston Churchill
Source
Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
Source
U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Foreign Posters, retrieved October 3, 2026
Rights
Public domain (UK Crown copyright, 50 years from publication, expired before 1996; no URAA restoration)
Ministry of Aircraft Production / His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1940-1945. U.S. National Archives, RG 44.

Text on the object

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

TRIBUTE TO YOU

BEAUFIGHTER BULLETIN No. 14
Three minesweepers and six flak ships failed to protect an enemy convoy against attacking Torpedo Beaufighters.
Our aircraft, escorted by fighters, chose the two biggest vessels as their victims.
One torpedo struck the leading vessel amidships, and it burst into flames immediately.
The second was hit in the stern and left burning and listing.
Meanwhile other Beaufighters attacked the escort ships, damaging them and setting one on fire.
All the torpedo aircraft returned safely.
"It took only a couple of minutes", said a pilot, "but it was grand while it lasted."
MINISTRY OF AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION.

PRINTED FOR H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE BY MULTI MACHINE PLATES LTD. LONDON E.C.4. 51-4034

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