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1942 British Poster Smash Japanese Aggression

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    1942 British Poster Smash Japanese Aggression.
    Nockolds, Roy (1911-1979). Poster, image 17.75 x 21.5 in. (19 x 29.25 in. sheet). SMASH JAPANESE AGGRESSION! Bradford, England: Field Sons & Co. Ltd., n.d., ca 1942. Signed in print by Nockolds, lower right. Depicts an attack by three British Bristol Blenheim aircraft on Japanese flying-boats, which are aflame and sinking amid smoke rising into the sky. Passengers struggle to swim and board an upturned lifeboat in the foreground. Caption below image reads, "Thirteen Japanese flying-boats were smashed in a heavy Royal Air Force raid on the harbour of Port Blair in the Andaman Islands." Bold title at bottom. Hand stamped "British Information Services / 30 Rockefeller Plaza / New York City" on verso.
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