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title: Un "Liberator" dans l'Action [A "Liberator" in action]
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/us-ociaa-liberator-dans-laction-french-1941/
description: A colour photograph shows two US gunners at their machine guns inside a B-24 Liberator bomber, with a French caption that they are firing on enemy fighters
section: Collection
---

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[![Un "Liberator" dans l'Action \[A "Liberator" in action\], 1941 US poster: A colour photograph shows two US gunners at their](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/us-ociaa-liberator-dans-laction-french-1941.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/us-ociaa-liberator-dans-laction-french-1941.jpg)

# Un "Liberator" dans l'Action [A "Liberator" in action]

A colour photograph shows two US gunners at their machine guns inside a B-24 Liberator bomber, with a French caption that they are firing on enemy fighters during a bombing mission. The tell for card-stacking is the selection of one favourable view of the air war, an American crew in action, with no losses or civilian cost shown.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Card stacking](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/card-stacking/)

## Text on the object

Original (French) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
UN "LIBERATOR" DANS L'ACTION

Les artilleurs d'un "Liberator" des États-Unis en mission
de bombardement tirent sur les avions de combat ennemis.

Publié par le Coordinateur d'Affaires Inter-Américaines, Washington, E. U. A.
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
A "LIBERATOR" IN ACTION

The gunners of a United States "Liberator" on a bombing mission
are firing on enemy fighter planes.

Published by the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, Washington, U.S.A.
```

[← La Unión es la Fuerza \[Union Is Strength\]](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/us-ociaa-la-union-es-la-fuerza-arias-bernal-1941/) ['Luchamos por la libertad de todos' \[We Fight for the Freedom of All\] →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/us-ociaa-luchamos-por-la-libertad-de-todos-kauffer-1941/)

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