The Return of a "Halifax"
A colour photograph of a Handley Page Halifax bomber in camouflage over fields, with a Union flag emblem marked 'For Freedom'. The tell for transfer is the flag and roundels carrying the message; the tell for card-stacking is that the text says the aircraft, 'like most of its fellows', returns safely, with no figures for losses.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1939
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Unattributed: 'For Freedom' emblem with Union flag; no issuing body, printer or artist named on the sheet
- Region
- Western and Central Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Churchill Government
- Leader
- Winston Churchill
- Audience
- Mixed
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Themes
- War and the military, Science and technology
- Event
- World War II
- Leader
- Winston Churchill
- Source
- Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Foreign Posters, retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Held by NARA, Unrestricted; hosted by owner decision
Unattributed ('For Freedom' emblem, GPD/ED9/3). National Archives and Records Administration, 44-PF-337b.
Text on the object
THE RETURN OF A "HALIFAX" THIS "HALIFAX" BOMBER has flown thousands of miles across sea and enemy occupied land to drop its load of bombs upon important docks and factories. In spite of German anti-aircraft fire and fighter aircraft, it, like most of its fellows, is making a safe return to a British airfield. The "Halifax" bomber carries the largest bomb-load for its size. [imprint:] FOR FREEDOM GPD/ED9/3
