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title: Un "Liberator" en Acción [A "Liberator" in Action]
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/us-ociaa-liberator-en-accion-spanish-1942/
description: A colour photograph inside a bomber shows two US gunners at their machine guns, with belts of ammunition and fuel tanks around them.
section: Collection
---

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[![Un "Liberator" en Acción \[A "Liberator" in Action\], 1942 US poster: A colour photograph inside a bomber shows two US gunners](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/us-ociaa-liberator-en-accion-spanish-1942.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/us-ociaa-liberator-en-accion-spanish-1942.jpg)

# Un "Liberator" en Acción [A "Liberator" in Action]

A colour photograph inside a bomber shows two US gunners at their machine guns, with belts of ammunition and fuel tanks around them. The caption says they fire at enemy aircraft on a bombing mission, and the aircraft's name 'Liberator' does the persuading, presenting a bombing raid under a liberation label.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/)

## Text on the object

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

```
UN "LIBERATOR" EN ACCIÓN

Los artilleros de un "Liberator" de los Estados Unidos en
misión de bombardeo disparan contra los aviones enemigos.

Publicado por el Coordinador de Asuntos Interamericanos, 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 fire at the enemy aircraft.

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

[← "Liberator" em Ação! \["Liberator" in Action!\]](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/us-ociaa-liberator-em-acao-portuguese-1942/) [Libres \[Free\] (Libertad de cultos, libertad de palabra, libres de miseria, libres de temor) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/us-ociaa-libres-bayer-four-freedoms-spanish-1942/)

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