Description
Object description
whole: the four images are positioned in the lower three-quarters, each held within a narrow black border. The title and
text are separate and positioned in the upper quarter and lower half, in black. All set against a yellow background and held within a white
and green border.
image: the first image is a depiction of an RAF Supermarine Spitfire. The three other images depict several fighter planes involved in
aerial attacks on German aircraft, ports and shippping.
text: [Arabic text]
PRINTED IN ENGLAND
51-2979
[Your 'Spitfires' in action. One of the four fighter aircraft donated by the people of the Persian Gulf. The other three aircaraft are
called 'Bahrain', 'Kuwait' and 'Oman'. When enemy bombers come close to Britain, fighter aircraft go to chase them and drive them away. The
picture shows one of your fighter aircraft shooting down an enemy bomber. Your fighter aircraft participate in sweeping raids on enemy
territory, and their machine guns inflict huge losses on enemy ships, transport and communication routes. Your fighter aircraft protect the
Allies' commercial ships against the attack of enemy aircraft. Good surveillance and vigilance of the fighter aircraft only played a major
role in the arrival of many military shipments into their destination ports. Countries of the Persian Gulf voluntarily participated in the
daily punishment administered by the RAF to the aggressive Nazi State.]
Physical description
51-2979.
Additional versions of the poster were produced for distribution amongst various parts of the British Empire (see PST 15842, PST 15843, PST
15844, PST 15845, PST 15846, PST 15847, PST 15848, PST 15849, PST 15850, PST 15851, PST 15852, PST 15853, PST 15854, PST 15855, PST 15857,
PST 15858, PST 15859, PST 15860, PST 15861, PST 15862, PST 15863, PST 15864, PST 15865 and PST 15866).
Part of a series of similar posters distributed throughout the British Empire to thank the colonies for their contribution to the war
effort (see PST 8260, PST 8261, PST 15349, and PST 15803 to PST 15866).
Inscription
Spitfire Poster - Arabic