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Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Those Words Should Have Come – From the Pilot!
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

Those Words Should Have Come – From the Pilot!

Object numberMO 1942.32.1
Name Poster
Artist
Date1941
Mediumpaper, ink
Dimensionsoverall H 16 1/2 in x W 43 3/4 in (41.9 cm x 111.1 cm )
DescriptionA British World War II propaganda poster. The color poster consists of two separate cartoon-like illustrations. In the left panel is an image of a merchant ship on open water being manned by four visible sailors involved in various activities such as raising a black flag, sending up a parachute, and firing explosives up into the air. The panel on the right shows a downed German Luftwaffe plane in open water with just the tail still visible to which the pilot is hanging on to. Black text on the two panels reads, from left to right: Those words should have come – / from the pilot! Both panels have the artist's facsimile initials and the date JE 1941.
Additional Details
Custodial History NoteDeposited at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum by Franklin D. Roosevelt on September 17, 1941. It was donated as a bequest of FDR to the Library in 1947.
Credit LineEstate of Franklin D. Roosevelt
National Archives Catalog CollectionFranklin D. Roosevelt Library Museum Collection (National Archives Identifier 735948)
National Archives Catalog SeriesOriginal Posters from World War I and World War II (National Archives Identifier 739394)
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