The Battle of Britain

Facts of the Fight for the Factory

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Catalogue number
  • Art.IWM PST 14229
Place made
Great Britain
Subject period
Materials
  • medium: lithograph and letterpress
  • support: paper
Dimensions
  • Support: Height 755 mm
  • Support: Width 504 mm
Alternative Names
  • object category: Poster
Creator
Category
posters

Object description

whole: the image is positioned in the upper half, held within an orange border. The title is separate and placed along the top edge, in white, set against a blue background. The text is separate and placed in the lower half, in black, and in white held within an orange inset. Further text is integrated and located in the upper centre, in white and in black. All set against a white background. image: a depiction of a member of the RAF flying a Supermarine Spitfire fighter aircraft. text: FACTS of the FIGHT for the FACTORY EAST INDIA SQUADRON QJ S R6923 SPITFIRE BULLETIN No. 14 TWO FOCKE-WULF 190s DROPPED BOMBS ON A SOUTH COAST TOWN AND HOPED TO GET AWAY UNSCATHED. BUT TWO SPITFIRES WERE AFTER THEM LIKE LIGHTNING. ONLY JUST SKIMMING THE SEA AT OVER 300 M.P.H., THEY CHASED THEM 80 MILES ACROSS THE CHANNEL TO LE HAVRE, SHOT ONE INTO THE SEA AND SMASHED THE OTHER BEYOND HOPE OF ITS LANDING. THE ENEMY NEVER TURNED TO FIGHT - THEY KNEW BETTER. SPITFIRES FOR VENGEANCE - AND VICTORY. -MINISTRY OF AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION. THEIR SUCCESS, THEIR CONFIDENCE, THEIR SAFETY - They all depend on you PRINTED FOR H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE BY J. WEINER LTD., LONDON, W.C.1. 51-2782

Physical description

51-2782. Various similar posters were also produced (see PST 14415 and PST 14230).

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