A propaganda poster urging the British public to lend its full support to RAF Bomber Command's campaign against Germany. The poster was produced in 1943, at the height of the RAF's 'area bombing' offensive against German cities, and portrays a de Havilland Mosquito releasing its bombs in the skies over Berlin's government quarter. Described by Australia's Army News as 'the fastest in the world', four Mosquito two-engine medium bombers attacked the heart of Berlin on the night of 19–20 April 1943, adding 'an explosive touch to Hitler's birthday celebrations' on 20 April. Such small scale lightening raids on the enemy capital were probably much appreciated by the British population as retaliation for earlier heavy German raids on London in 1940 at the height of the 'blitz'. Many RAAF pilots and navigators flew Mosquitos with Bomber Command. [Army News, 22 April 1943; AWM ARTV03911, artist Patrick A Jobson]
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