Personnel of the 323rd Bomb Group, including Flight Lieutenant Joe McCarthy, talk with RAF personnel under the tail of a B-26 Marauder (serial number 41-17750) in August 1943. Passed for publication 18 Aug 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'America's New Super Medium Bomber In Britain. 18.8.43. The U.S. Super Medium bomber, the "Marauder" is now operating from Britain after doing fine work in N. Africa and Sicily. It has a range of 2,000 miles, with a speed of 350 m.p.h. and a wing span of 65 ft., and carries one ton of bombs. Driven by two 2,000h.p. Pratt and Witney "Wasp" engines, armed with 8 of the famous "Calibre 50" machine guns, and carries a crew of 6, all of who wear "Flak" armour and steel hats. The picture shows:-' Printed caption also attached: '37./38. Pilots and crews of the R.A.F. pay informal visits to U.S. Air fields in Britain and valuable working information is exchanged in this way. The picture shows a R.A.F. Bomber crew with U.S. pilots at a "Marauder" Station. The names (left to right) are:- Lt. John Helton (Clifton, Texas)., Sgt. Ronald Batson (Ferry Hill, Durham)., Flt. Sgt. Leonard Eaton (Manchester)., Pilot Officer Don MacLean (Toronto, Ontario)., Sgt. Len Johnson (Newark, Notts)., Lt. John Bull Sterling (Annapolis, Maryland)., Flt. Lt. Joe Macarthy (Long Island, New York)., Lt. Lawrence McNally (Bridgport, Conn)., Capt. Grover Willcox (Anahuac, Texas)., and Sgt. Bill Radcliffe (New Westminster, British Columbia). Flt. Lt. Joe McCarthy, a Yank in the R.A.F. won the D.S.O. for his part in the famous Dam Busting raid and he and Lt. John Bull Stirling trained at the same flying school in Canada.' On reverse: Central Press Photos Ltd., US Army Press Censor ETO and US Army General Section Press & Censorship Bureau [Stamps]. Censor no: 279285. Joe McCarthy was one of the 8,800 Americans who joined the RCAF before America entered the war. He became one of the most outstanding pilots in RAF Bomber Command, completing 67 operations before being taken off in July 1944. By then he had earned a DSO plus DFC and bar. His biographer says Joe and his 617 Squadron crew flew down to Earls Colne for the occasion recorded in this picture. Joe and his fellow American John Stirling had trained together at No 12 EFTS at Goderich, Ontario. In a Canadian newspaper, the caption read - "Canadians, Yanks and Britishers are in this group as a crew of a Lancaster bomber visited the crew of a US Marauder in Britain". After the war, Joe McCarthy remained in the RCAF until 1968. He then retired to Virginia Beach, VA where he died on 6 September 1998