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World's Fastest Fighting Plane [Blank edition, no text]
An aerial photograph of a twin-boom fighter with US Army Air Forces star markings sits in a blue border of white stars, with a flag graphic and an uncaptioned portrait of President Roosevelt below an empty text panel. The flag, stars and presidential portrait lend national authority to the image (transfer).
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- 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
