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Tribute to You - Halifax Bulletin No. 13, 1943 UK poster: An RAF roundel rosette and a photograph of a Halifax bomber head

Tribute to You - Halifax Bulletin No. 13

An RAF roundel rosette and a photograph of a Halifax bomber head a Ministry of Aircraft Production bulletin telling how one damaged aircraft returned from Mulheim and was credited as 'a victory indeed for men, machine and makers'. The rosette lends the airmen's standing to the factory workers (transfer), and a single survival story stands for the whole (card-stacking).

Propaganda techniques used in this poster

TransferCard stacking
Date
1943
Period
Second World War
Made by
Ministry of Aircraft Production, for His Majesty's Stationery Office; printer Multi Machine Plates Ltd., London
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, Labor, 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; printed by Multi Machine Plates Ltd., London, c. 1943. US National Archives (NARA ID 44267297, 44-PF-485a).

Text on the object

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

TRIBUTE TO YOU

HALIFAX BULLETIN No. 13
Two engines blazing, inter-com severed, tanks holed and two empty-A Halifax turned homeward from Mulheim.
Feathered propellers extinguished the fires, but on reaching the coast height had dropped to 3,000 feet.
Everything removable was jettisoned-even the mid-upper turret.
Suddenly a Messerschmitt attacked, riddling the rear turret and ammo-belts...the gunner got two guns working and smashed it into the sea. Only 500 feet above water, the Halifax struggled on. Despite a jammed undercarriage, it landed safe in England, a victory indeed for men, machine and makers.
MINISTRY OF AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION.
Airframe J.D110   Engines: Port outer, 97285, inner 97453
Star. outer, 97161, inner 97159

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