We Shoot the Fascists Out of the Sky
A close photograph of a young pilot in a cockpit sits under a Russian headline, 'We shoot the Fascists out of the sky', with a column of text signed 'A British Fighter Pilot'. The tells are the label 'Fascist barbarians' for the enemy, the anonymous first-person pilot voice, and the claim that British losses are heavy but 'growing faster than theirs', given without figures.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1939
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Series 'Plakaty Britanskii Khudozhnik' No. 6, 'produced in Britain for use in U.S.S.R.', designed by British artists; printed by Sanders Phillips & Co. Ltd.
- Region
- Western and Central Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Churchill Government
- Leader
- Winston Churchill
- Audience
- Foreign public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Themes
- War and the military, Media and information
- 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
Printed by Sanders Phillips & Co. Ltd., England; designed by British artists. National Archives and Records Administration, 44-PF-177c.
Text on the object
МЫ СБИВАЕМ ФАШИСТОВ В ВОЗДУХЕ [Translation printed on sheet: WE SHOOT THE FASCISTS OUT OF THE SKY] МЫ ПРОУЧИЛИ ФАШИСТСКИХ ЛЕТЧИКОВ В БОРЬБЕ ЗА ВЕЛИКОБРИТАНИЮ. МЫ ПРОДОЛЖАЕМ ИХ УЧИТЬ. МЫ ВСЕГДА НАНОСИМ ТЯЖЕЛЫЕ ПОТЕРИ ФАШИСТСКОЙ АВИАЦИИ В НАШИХ ДНЕВНЫХ БОЕВЫХ НАЛЕТАХ НАД ОКУПИРОВАННОЙ ЕВРОПОЙ. И НАШИ ПОТЕРИ ТЯЖЕЛЫ, НО НАША АВИАЦИЯ УВЕЛИЧИВАЕТСЯ БЫСТРЕЕ ФАШИСТСКОЙ АВИАЦИИ. ПОДОБНО НАШИМ СОВЕТСКИМ СОЮЗНИКАМ, МЫ НЕ ОСЛАБИМ НАШИХ УСИЛИЙ ДО ПОЛНОГО РАЗГРОМА ФАШИЗМА. БРИТАНСКИЙ ПИЛОТ-ИСТРЕБИТЕЛЬ. МЫ ОБЯЗУЕМСЯ РАЗГРОМИТЬ ФАШИСТСКИХ ВАРВАРОВ [Translation printed on sheet: We taught the Fascist airmen their lesson in the Battle of Britain. We are keeping it up in our daylight sweeps over Occupied Europe, in which we always inflict heavy losses on the Fascist Air Force. Our losses are heavy too but our Air Force is growing faster than theirs. Like our Soviet allies, we shall never relax till Fascism is completely overthrown. A British Fighter Pilot. WE ARE PLEDGED TO SMASH THE FASCIST BARBARIANS] ПЛАНАТЫ «БРИТАНСКИЙ ХУДОЖНИК» №6 [imprint:] THIS IS ONE OF A SERIES OF POSTERS PRODUCED IN BRITAIN FOR USE IN U.S.S.R. / Printed in England by Sanders Phillips & Co. Ltd. 51-3213. / DESIGNED BY BRITISH ARTISTS
