"Goering proudly boasting" Artist unknown, 1940-1944

Catalogue ref: INF 3/1434

A three-part cartoon – the first of which depicts Goering proudly boasting that not a single allied aircraft will fly over the Reich territory; the second, British bombers attacking German industrial targets and the third a deflated looking Goering sitting amongst the rubble of a factory, listening to a loud-speaker giving the all-clear.

The artist has made a note that the focus is on ‘German military targets.' Bomber Command was keen to emphasise that they partook solely strategic bombing, although in reality accuracy could not be that precise, particularly with night-time bombing.