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title: '''O mais rápido avião de combate do mundo'' [The World''s Fastest Fighting Plane] (World''s Fastest Fighting Plane [Portuguese])'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/us-owi-worlds-fastest-fighting-plane-portuguese-1942/
description: A photograph of a twin-engine, twin-boom US Army aircraft in flight sits above a Portuguese headline and text claiming it is the world's fastest fighter.
section: Collection
---

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# 'O mais rápido avião de combate do mundo' [The World's Fastest Fighting Plane] (World's Fastest Fighting Plane [Portuguese])

A photograph of a twin-engine, twin-boom US Army aircraft in flight sits above a Portuguese headline and text claiming it is the world's fastest fighter, able to exceed 720 kilometres per hour in level flight, and that the US has more than doubled its aircraft factories inside a blue border of white stars, with a US flag and a labelled portrait of President Roosevelt beside the text. The text offers speed and production claims without comparison data (card-stacking), and the flag, stars and portrait add national weight (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 RÁPIDO AVIÃO
DE COMBATE DO MUNDO

O novo avião interceptor do Exército é fortemente armado e capaz de desenvolver mais de 720 quilómetros por hora em vôo plano. Seu funcionamento em grandes altitudes fá-lo distinguir—se como um dos mais importantes que têm aparecido durante a guerra. Os Estados Unidos da América têm mais que duplicado suas fábricas de aviões e estão construindo atualmente uma fôrça aérea formidavel. A política nacional americana, ditada pela vontade do povo, baseia-se no princípio de que as nações agressoras não terão a vitória.

PRESIDENTE ROOSEVELT
```

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

```
THE WORLD'S FASTEST FIGHTING PLANE

The Army's new interceptor aircraft is heavily armed and capable of more than 720 kilometres per hour in level flight. Its performance at high altitudes makes it stand out as one of the most important to have appeared during the war. The United States of America has more than doubled its aircraft factories and is now building a formidable air force. American national policy, dictated by the will of the people, is based on the principle that the aggressor nations will not have victory.

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
```

[← 'Hið hraðasta bardaga loftskip í heimi' \[The Fastest Fighting Aircraft in the World\] (World's Fastest Fighting Plane \[Icelandic\])](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/us-owi-worlds-fastest-fighting-plane-icelandic-1942/) [El avión de combate más rápido del mundo \[World's Fastest Fighting Plane\] (Spanish edition) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/us-owi-worlds-fastest-fighting-plane-spanish-1942/)

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