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Mailman nopein taistelukone [World's Fastest Fighting Plane], 1942 US poster: An aerial photograph of a twin-boom fighter

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 stackingTransfer
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 (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

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