| Place | Europe: United Kingdom |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | ARTV03467 |
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | Sheet: 76 cm x 50 cm |
| Object type | Poster |
| Physical description | offset lithograph on paper |
| Maker |
Unknown Ministry of Aircraft Production H.M. Stationery Office Multi Machine Plates Ltd |
| Place made | United Kingdom: England, Greater London, London |
| Date made | 1940-1945 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Tribute to You Mosquito
Description
British Second World War poster promoting the fighting abilities of the De Havilland Mosquito. This was one of a series of similar 'Bulletin' posters that highlighted the important of Allied aircraft.
The poster depicts a Mosquito in flight in the upper section. The lower section features text about a successful attack of several Mosquitos on Blohm and Voss flying boats (likely BV138s). The text also talks about how flak from a destroyed flying boat damaged, and then rendered inoperable, one of the Rolls Royce Merlin engines of a Mosquito, which then still flew the 280 miles home on just one engine.