Lieutenant Boudinot Stimson of the 401st Bomb Group with his B-17 Flying Fortress "Flak Rat". Printed caption on reverse: 'U.S. War Secretary's Cousin Pilots Flying Fortress Over Europe. Lieut. Boudinot Stimson, of Greenwich, Connecticut, cousin of U.S. War Secretary Henry Stimson, is pilot of a Flying Fortress in the European Theatre of Operations. Lieut. Stimson made his first operational flight when he piloted "Flak Rat", a B-17 bomber, on the U.S. Army Eighth Air Force raid on Solingen, the Ruhr steel centre. Photo Shows: Lieut. Boudino Stimson standing by his Flying Fortress "Flak Rat" at a U.S.A.A.F. airfield in England. G. 11th December 1943. PN.' Censor no: 296489. On reverse: Planet News Ltd. and US Army General Section Press & Censorship Bureau [Stamps].