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'O mais rápido avião de combate do mundo' [The World's Fastest Fighting Plane], 1942 US poster: A photograph

'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 stackingTransfer
Date
1942
Period
Second World War
Made by
Office of War Information (OWI), U.S. Government (attributed from the NARA RG 44 series; no issuer imprint 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
Theme
War and the military
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, NARA RG 44 OWI series)
Office of War Information, 1942-1945. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44 (NAID 44268405, 44-PF-R-3c).

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

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