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title: '''O mais novo bombardeiro americano de mergulho'' [America''s Newest Dive Bomber] (America''s Newest Dive Bomber [Portuguese])'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/us-owi-americas-newest-dive-bomber-portuguese-1942/
description: A photograph of a single-engine US Navy aircraft in flight sits above a Portuguese headline and text calling it the newest and fastest dive bomber.
section: Collection
---

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[!['O mais novo bombardeiro americano de mergulho' \[America's Newest Dive Bomber\], 1942 US poster: A photograph](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/us-owi-americas-newest-dive-bomber-portuguese-1942.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/us-owi-americas-newest-dive-bomber-portuguese-1942.jpg)

# 'O mais novo bombardeiro americano de mergulho' [America's Newest Dive Bomber] (America's Newest Dive Bomber [Portuguese])

A photograph of a single-engine US Navy aircraft in flight sits above a Portuguese headline and text calling it the newest and fastest dive bomber, with the longest range and heaviest bomb load of any nation's, and noting that US aircraft factories have more than doubled in capacity inside a blue border of white stars, with a US flag and a labelled portrait of President Roosevelt beside the text. The text gives only superlatives and no comparative data (card-stacking), and the flag, stars and the president's portrait lend national authority to a military claim (transfer).

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Card stacking](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/card-stacking/) [Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

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

```
O MAIS NOVO BOMBARDEIRO
AMERICANO DE MERGULHO

A mais recente incorporação na arma aérea da Marinha dos Estados Unidos é a do bombardeiro de mergulho, que aqui se exibe. A Marinha americana inventou a técnica do bombardeio de mergulho, e êste novo modêlo não sòmente é o mais veloz, senão também tem um maior alcance e comporta uma carga de bombas mais pesada que qualquer avião de mergulho de qualquer outra nacão. As fábricas de aviões americanas estão mais do que duplicadas na sua capacidade, e continuam a expandir-se.

PRESIDENTE ROOSEVELT
```

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

```
THE NEWEST AMERICAN DIVE BOMBER

The most recent addition to the air arm of the United States Navy is the dive bomber shown here. The American Navy invented the technique of dive bombing, and this new model is not only the fastest but also has a greater range and carries a heavier bomb load than any dive-bombing aircraft of any other nation. American aircraft factories have more than doubled in capacity, and continue to expand.

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
```

[← 'Hin nyjasta steypisprengivjel Bandaríkjanna' \[The Newest Dive Bomber of the United States\] (America's Newest Dive Bomber \[Icelandic\])](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/us-owi-americas-newest-dive-bomber-icelandic-1942/) [Amerikas nyaste störtbombare \[America's Newest Dive Bomber\] (Swedish edition) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/us-owi-americas-newest-dive-bomber-swedish-1942/)

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