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Your Navy, First Line of Attack, restored 1942 Navy Day poster by John Falter: deck crew launching a Wildcat fighter from the flight deck of a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier beside a heavy gun turret
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Your Navy, First Line of Attack — Paper Print

Price range: $49.00 through $179.00

A Second World War Navy Day poster from 1942, restored: John Falter’s deck crew launching a Wildcat fighter from a carrier flight deck under a towering gun turret, over the words “Your Navy, First Line of Attack.”

Paper or framed print
Unframed or framed, printed to order in the USA.

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Made to order. All sales final. Replacements or refunds only for damaged, faulty or incorrect prints reported within 7 days. Returns policy

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  • Free Standard shipping to the US
  • Printed to order in the USA, paper or framed
  • Quality promise: damaged, faulty or incorrect prints replaced if reported within 7 days (details)
Paper & printing

Giclée print on 200gsm Enhanced Matte Art paper: a smooth, natural-white fine-art stock with no glare, so the restored colours read true under any light.

Each print has a slim white border and is supplied unframed, ready for a standard frame or hanging clips.

Shipping & returns

Every print is made to order. Standard shipping to the US is free; Express is available at checkout. You will get tracking details by email when your print is on its way.

Because each print is custom-made, all sales are final and we do not accept change-of-mind returns. If your print arrives damaged, has a production fault or is the wrong item, tell us within 7 days of delivery with photos and we will send a free replacement.

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Which size should I choose?

11.7 × 16.5 in suits a desk, shelf or gallery wall. 20 × 28 in works above a desk, console or bed. 23.4 × 33.1 in is a statement piece above a sofa or in a hallway.

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Framing

Framed prints come in a solid wood, satin-finish frame in black, white or natural wood, glazed with shatterproof acrylic. The print is the same 200gsm Enhanced Matte Art paper as our unframed editions.

Framed artwork sizes are 12 × 17 in, 20 × 28 in and 23 × 33 in (the frame adds a little to each side). Every frame is made to order in the USA and arrives with a hook fitted, ready to hang.

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Each size is shown to scale on the same wall. Prints are unframed and made to order.

Description

The First Line of Attack poster

Your Navy, First Line of Attack was painted by John Falter and issued by the Navy Recruiting Bureau in September 1942 to promote Navy Day on 27 October, the first Navy Day of the war. The picture, captioned “Scene on flight deck of modern U.S. Navy aircraft carrier”, shows a flight-deck officer in a white jersey marked FLY signalling with a checkered flag while deck crew in coloured jerseys duck clear of a Grumman Wildcat fighter, its propeller a blur of colour. Behind them rise the carrier’s island and a twin heavy-gun turret, a feature of the big Lexington-class carriers of the time.

Below the painting the slogan runs in white and red on a bright blue ground, with a line of ships and aircraft in silhouette above a navy band: Navy Day Oct. 27th.

Falter (1910 to 1982), from Plattsmouth, Nebraska, signed this poster “John Falter USNR”. He served in the Naval Reserve through the war and painted more than 300 Navy posters, and went on to paint well over a hundred covers for the Saturday Evening Post.

Read the full history of the poster and its artist.

Restored edition

Restored from an original 1942 print: the paper and colours cleaned, and creases, stains and wear removed, with the lettering, caption and Falter’s signature kept. We don’t have a usable scan of the print before restoration, so there is no before and after slider.

Sizes and options

  • Paper print: 11.7 × 16.5 in, 20 × 28 in or 23.4 × 33.1 in
  • Framed print: 12 × 17 in, 20 × 28 in or 23 × 33 in, in a black, white or natural wood frame, ready to hang

Printed to order in the USA on 200gsm Enhanced Matte Art paper. Free Standard shipping to the US. Compare the print sizes.

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