The Battle of Britain

Join the Royal Air Force

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Catalogue number
  • Art.IWM PST 5277
Production date
1918
Place made
Great Britain
Subject period
Materials
  • medium: lithograph
Dimensions
  • Support: Height 756 mm
  • Support: Width 504 mm
Alternative Names
  • object category: Poster
Creator
Category
posters

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Object description

whole: the image fills the whole with text incorporated above and below, in yellow, red and black. Below the image is a scrolled cartouche detailing rates of pay. image: an aerial dogfight with an RAF fighter diving to attack a German aircraft that bursts into flames, its stricken pilot reeling back with his arms outstretched. The stylised aeroplanes are depicted over a landscape of fields and distant hills. text: JOIN THE ROYAL AIR FORCE AND SHARE THEIR HONOUR + GLORY AGE 18 to 50 RATES OF PAY from 1/6 to 12/- Per Day If you join the ROYAL AIR FORCE voluntarily, you cannot be transferred to the Army or Navy without your own consent

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