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title: Mailman nopein taistelukone [World's Fastest Fighting Plane] (Finnish edition)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/us-owi-worlds-fastest-fighting-plane-finnish-1942/
description: An aerial photograph of a twin-boom fighter with US Army Air Forces star markings sits in a blue border of white stars. (2 of 2)
section: Collection
---

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[![Mailman nopein taistelukone \[World's Fastest Fighting Plane\], 1942 US poster: An aerial photograph of a twin-boom fighter](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/us-owi-worlds-fastest-fighting-plane-finnish-1942.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/us-owi-worlds-fastest-fighting-plane-finnish-1942.jpg)

# Mailman nopein taistelukone [World's Fastest Fighting Plane] (Finnish edition)

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 a captioned portrait of President Roosevelt below a short Finnish text. The headline and text claim the world's fastest fighting plane, with a single speed figure of 720 km/h and no comparison (card-stacking), and the flag, stars and presidential portrait lend national authority to the 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 (Finnish) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
MAILMAN NOPEIN
TAISTELUKONE

Ameriikan armeijan uusi taistelu-keskeytyskone on hyvin
aseistettu ja voi se lentää 720 kilometrin nopeudella tunnissa
tasaisessa lennossa. Sen mahdollisuus lentää korkeissa ilma-
tasoissa tekee siitä yhden tärkeimmän koneen, mitä tämän sodan
aikana on valmistettu. Tehtaitten lukumäärää, joissa valmiste-
taan näitä lentokoneita on lisätty ja tullaan yhä lisäämään, joten
lentovoimistamme kasvaa yksi mahtavimpia mailmassa.

PRESIDENTTI ROOSEVELT
```

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

```
WORLD'S FASTEST
FIGHTING PLANE

The American army's new fighter-interceptor is well armed and can fly at a speed of 720 kilometres an hour in level flight. Its ability to fly at high altitudes makes it one of the most important aircraft produced during this war. The number of factories in which these aircraft are made has been increased and will be increased further, so that our air power is growing into one of the mightiest in the world.

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
```

[← World's Fastest Fighting Plane \[Blank edition, no text\]](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/us-owi-worlds-fastest-fighting-plane-blank-1942/) ['L'avion de combat le plus rapide du monde' \[The Fastest Fighting Plane in the World\] (World's Fastest Fighting Plane \[French\]) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/us-owi-worlds-fastest-fighting-plane-french-1942/)

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