A Fortaleza Voadora [The Flying Fortress]

A painting of a U.S. Army four-engined bomber seen from below fills the sheet under the Portuguese title 'The Flying Fortress'. The tagline stacks virtue-and-power words ('pride', 'colossus', 'invincible master of space') over the aircraft, with no facts about missions or numbers.

Propaganda techniques used in this poster

Glittering generalities

Date

1941

Period

Second World War

Made by

Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs (Coordenador de Assuntos Interamericanos), Commerce Building, Washington, D.C.; artist Bob Williams

Region

North America

Country

United States

Medium

Poster

Issuer type

State

Regime

Roosevelt Administration

Leader

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Audience

Foreign public

Purpose

Persuade or win support

Themes

War and the military, Science and technology

Event

World War II

Regime

Roosevelt administration

Leader

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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 (US federal government work)
Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs; artist Bob Williams. National Archives and Records Administration, NAID 44268125, local identifier 44-PF-818.

A Fortaleza Voadora

Orgulho do exército dos Estados Unidos...
Colosso entre os bombardeiros...
dominador invencível do espaço

COORDENADOR DE ASSUNTOS INTERAMERICANOS
COMMERCE BUILDING, WASHINGTON, D. C.

[on the wings:] U.S. ARMY
[signature:] BOB WILLIAMS

The Flying Fortress

Pride of the army of the United States...
Colossus among bombers...
invincible master of space

COORDINATOR OF INTER-AMERICAN AFFAIRS
COMMERCE BUILDING, WASHINGTON, D. C.

[on the wings:] U.S. ARMY
[signature:] BOB WILLIAMS