You and the R.A.F. can Smash Germany
A reproduced typed letter on Bomber Command letterhead, signed by Air Marshal A. T. Harris, asks factory workers for more bombers, over a pattern of bomber silhouettes. The signed letter is the testimonial; the headline 'YOU and the R.A.F.' joins the worker and the air force in one undertaking.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1942
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Air Ministry / Royal Air Force Bomber Command (letter of Air Marshal A. T. Harris); printed for H.M. Stationery Office by W. R. Royle & Son Ltd
- Region
- Western and Central Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Churchill Government
- Leader
- Winston Churchill
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Themes
- War and the military, Home front
- Event
- World War II
- 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)
Air Ministry / H.M. Stationery Office, 1942. US National Archives, NAID 44267433 (44-PF-541).
Text on the object
HEADQUARTERS, BOMBER COMMAND, c/o G.P.O., HIGH WYCOMBE, BUCKS. 30th November, 1942. I rely on you for more Bombers now, at once. My crews are waiting for them; they are trained and ready to take off for Germany or Italy the moment they get the Bombers from the Factories. The magnificent Bombers you have sent to us have already hit the enemy so hard that we know we are on the road to victory. You get cracking and we can get cracking; between us we can get the Axis cracking - until we bust it wide open. A. T. Harris Air Marshal R.A.F. YOU and the R.A.F. can smash Germany
