Aircraft of the R.A.F. : Some famous types.

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Accession Number ARTV01588
Collection type Art
Measurement Sheet: 76 cm x 51 cm
Object type Poster
Physical description offset lithograph on paper
Maker Royal Australian Air Force
[S.L : S.N., N.D.]
Place made United Kingdom
Date made 1939-1945
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

British Second World War recruitment poster depicting ten different types of Allied aircraft. The poster was one of a series of similar posters used for the identification of aircraft and features images of the different aircraft along with a brief accompanying statement about their roles in the war.

The poster depicts RAAF aircrafts:
Stirling - 'Biggest bombers in he world, "Stirlings" have dropped their immense bomb-loads on Berlin among other targets'.
Flying Fortress - 'Emden, Rotterdam, Kiel and shipping in the Macassar Straits are among targets attacked by "Fortresses." '
Hampden - 'Medium bombers, continuously used in attacking objectives in Germany. "Hampdens" cut the Dartmund-Ems Canal. '
Hurricane II - ' "Hurricanes" played a leading part in the Battle of Britain. Now armed with twelve machine guns or four 20 m.m. cannon and used for low level bombing. '
Wellington - 'These long range bombers have flown from England across the Alps to hit targets at Naples in Italy. '
Spitfire II - 'Britain's most famous fighter. Now armed with two cannon and four machine guns, or eight machine guns. '
Blenheim - 'Constant scourge of enemy shipping, "Blenheims" also made the great daylight raid on the German power-stations near Cologne. '
Beaufighter - 'Armed with four cannon and six machine guns, "Beaufighters" have scored great successes against German dive-bombers in Libya'.
Halifax - 'Among many raids carried out by these giant long-range bombers are attacks on the German harbours of Emden and Kiel, also Berlin. '
Sunderland - ' "Sunderlands" have done brilliant work in guarding British convoys and bombing German submarines. A "Sunderland" weighs 20 tons. '

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