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"Keep Us Flying!" A War Bonds appeal, primarily to the Colored communities of America, and places like Tuskegee, where Negro and Colored Americans (the lucky ones) went on to fly the classic P-51 Mustangs. (These pilots were also known as the "Tuskeegee Airmen") "Coming Right Up!" A P-38 pilot runs out to his plane to join his buddies in the sky. In the Pacific War the P-38 Lightning shot down more Japanese planes per pilot than any other fighter aircraft. "Wings Over America" A classic pre-war poster, Circa late 1930's, featuring the Seversky P-35 which flew both for the U.S. Army Air Corps and the Japanese Imperial Air Force (due to an aircraft sale prior to the Pearl Harbor attack.)"O'er The Ramparts We Watch" A classic mid-war poster, and by now the United States Army Air Forces. Featured are B-17's, B-26's and a B-29 Super Fortress. "You Buy 'Em, We'll Fly 'Em" A somewhat humorous war poster that promoted the sale of Defense Bonds which would fund the building of thousands of military aircraft. It was a great time to be a pilot. "America's Fighting Forces" This is an early post-Pearl Harbor poster as the Douglass Devastator planes have bright orange wings, red and white striped rudders and the older style U.S. insignia. Olive green and blue became war colors. "You Give Him Wings!" This poster was actually directed at conserving lumber supplies as wood was still a primary component of most aircraft in the early days of the war. "Keep Him Flying" This poster was in many aircraft factories during the war as a reminder that continuous day and night production and quality control kept front-line pilots going. "Keep Pitching, We Need Those Planes" An Army Air Corps poster featuring a bomber crewman. Directed to defense workers reminding them to keep up the good work. "To Victory" An Army Air Force poster featuring a B-17 bomber. This particular B-17 model dates this poster as early 1942 and with markings that were typical of Pacific War B-17's that were at Pearl Harbor, Midway and in the Philippine Islands. "The Greatest Team In The World" This highly dramatic AAF recruiting poster features the nose gunner in a B-26 raid on an enemy airfield. In fact such raids were common in the Pacific War with both the B-25 and B-26 medium bombers often flying at very low levels. "You Knock 'Em Out- We'll Knock 'Em Down" A More production poster geared to the Home front workers back in the aircraft factories which were scattered all over the United States. Mind-boggling aircraft production volume was achieved in WW-II. "Keep 'Em Flying" Is Our Battle Cry! Three B-17's flying past an American flag certainly has a classic look to it. These B-17's have the markings of around 1942, as nearly all later wartime aircraft had subdued olive-drab combat colors.
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