Description
Black and white 9 3/4″ x 13 3/4″ ad for North American Aviation. This ad has a picture of a man writing the word “TOKIO” in chalk on the side of a bomber as the headline states that “You Can Autograph This Bomber!”. The ad then tells us that “Every few minutes (our enemies would like to know exactly how often), another aircraft is completed at one of North American Aviation’s great plants. Sometimes, one of our workers gives it a personal finishing touch. He paints on the fuselage a single parting word – ‘Tokio’, ‘Berlin’, or maybe just his own initials. We want you to be as proud of these planes as we are at North American. We’d like you to put your name on one of these planes because you’re helping to pay for it by buying War Bonds and by paying taxes. Here’s how you can autograph one of the planes pictured above. Mail us a penny postcard, with your name and the serial number of the next War Savings Bond you buy. Address North American Aviation. Dept. C, Inglewood, California. And we’ll write your name on a plane destined to smash the axis”. There is more information here, too.
Source: August 10, 1942 Life magazine.
