اسرع الطائرات الحربية في العالم [World's Fastest Fighting Plane] [Arabic]

A photograph of a twin-boom US fighter with a star roundel is framed by stars above a US flag, a portrait labelled 'President Roosevelt' and Arabic text claiming speed above 450 miles an hour. The tell is transfer: flag, stars and presidential portrait attach national authority to a performance claim.

Propaganda techniques used in this poster

Transfer

Date: 1942
Period: Second World War
Made by: Office of War Information (NARA Record Group 44 foreign-language series; issuer not printed on the sheet)
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 (U.S. government work)
Office of War Information. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PF-R-3k (NAID 44268419).

Text on the object

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

— اسرع الطائرات الحربية في العالم —

للجيش الاميركي طائرة مصفحة من الطراز المطارد المعترض تزيد سرعتها على ٤٥٠ ميلا في الساعة طيرانا مستويا. وهي تستطيع ان تحلق وتطير في اعالي السحاب على ارتفاع شاهق فلذلك هي من اهم الطائرات التي نشأت في أثناء هذه الحرب. وقد وسّعت الولايات المتحدة مصانع الطائرات الى اكثر من ضعف ما كانت عليه قبلا. وهي منصرفة الان الى بناء اسطول جوّي هائل. وسياسة الولايات المتحدة القومية تبعا لارادة السواد الاعظم ان الدول المعتدية لن تفوز.

الرئيس روزفلت

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

— The fastest warplane in the world —

The American Army has an armoured aircraft of the interceptor-pursuit type whose speed exceeds 450 miles an hour in level flight. It can soar and fly in the upper clouds at a very great altitude, and therefore it is among the most important aircraft to have appeared during this war. The United States has expanded its aircraft factories to more than double what they were before, and is now devoted to building a huge air fleet. The national policy of the United States, in accordance with the will of the great majority, is that the aggressor nations will not win.

President Roosevelt