Ground personnel of the 93rd Bomb Group drag a bomb towards a B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-23745) nicknamed "Katy Bug" at Alconbury. Image stamped on reverse: 'Passed for publication 30 Oct 1942' [stamp].' 229829' [Censor no]. Printed caption on reverse: .'FIRST PICTURES OF THE "LIBERATOR" IN ACTION Oct 1942. First photograph of the giant "Liberator" American bomber to be taken at a US Army Air Corps Station in England. Already famous as being the craft in which Mr Churchill flew to Russia and the Near East, and which for months has been patrolling the Atlantic against U-Boats, this fine type gained laurels when, flying with "Forts" to the daylight arrack on Lille, 107 hun planes were destroyed or damaged without loss to the bombers. The picture shows a scene as "Liberators are bombed up with 1,000 pounders made in America. Incidentally, American made bombs are now being used for the first time, and they also had also not previously been photographed.'