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Le nouvel avion de bombardement [America's Newest Dive Bomber], 1942 US poster: An aerial photograph of a US Navy

Le nouvel avion de bombardement [America's Newest Dive Bomber] (French edition)

An aerial photograph of a US Navy single-engine aircraft sits in a blue border of white stars, with a flag graphic and a captioned portrait of President Roosevelt beside a short French text. The text claims the new dive bomber is faster, longer-ranged and carries a heavier bomb load than any other of its kind, with no figures or comparison given (card-stacking), and the flag, stars and presidential portrait lend national authority to the claim (transfer).

Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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Date
1942
Period
Second World War
Made by
Office of War Information (foreign-language edition; NARA lists no artist or printer)
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 War Information, NARA Record Group 44)
Office of War Information, c. 1942-1945. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, Office of Government Reports, WWII Foreign Posters

Text on the object

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

LE NOUVEL AVION
DE BOMBARDEMENT

Voici l'arme aérienne la plus récente de la Marine améri-
caine. C'est aux Etats-Unis que fut inventée la technique
du bombardement en piqué, et le dernier modèle d'avions
de ce type est le plus rapide, tire à plus longue portée et
transporte une charge de bombes plus lourde que tous
les autres avions de ce genre. Les usines d'aviation améri-
caines ont plus que doublé en dimensions et en impor-
tance et elles continuent à s'étendre.

LE PRÉSIDENT ROOSEVELT

[on the aircraft:] U.S. NAVY

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

THE NEW DIVE-BOMBING AIRCRAFT

Here is the most recent air weapon of the American Navy. It was in the United States that the technique of dive bombing was invented, and the latest model of aircraft of this type is the fastest, fires at longer range and carries a heavier load of bombs than all other aircraft of this kind. The American aircraft factories have more than doubled in size and importance and they continue to expand.

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT

[on the aircraft:] U.S. NAVY

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