Glued to back of photo is piece of paper with mimeographed typing which reads...... PASSED BY THE CENSOR NO. 216109 U.S.FLYING FORTRESSES RAID ROUEN IN DAYLIGHT. YESTERDAY EVENING, AUGUST 17, TWELVE U.S. FLYING FORTRESSES BOMBED THE RAILWAY MARSHALLING YARDS AT ROUEN IN OCCUPIED FRANCE IN THE FIRST ALL-AMERICAN RAID ON EUROPE. THE RAID WAS LED PERSONALLY BY GRIG.-GEN. IRA EAKER, CHIEF OF THE U.S. MOMBERCOMMAND IN THE EUROPEAN THEATRE OF OPERATIONS, WHO SAID "THE WHOLE THING WENT OFF AS PLANNED". AN INTERCEPTING FOCKE-WULF 100 WAS SHOT DOWN BY A 21 YEAR OLD SERGEANT GUNNER. ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO SHOWS: IN THE OFFICERS MESS AFTER THE RAID, PILOTS, NAVIGATORS AND BOMBARDIERS CELEBRATE THEIR SUCCESSFUL EVENING'S WORK. CENTER IS CAPT. WILLIAM MUSSELWHITE OF JACKSON, MISSISSIPI, HOLDING THE WIRE FROM THE FIRST BOMB, DROPPED BY HIS FORTRESS. AKP/ROB 24951 18842n Name is underlined and there is a date stamp in red of AUG 1942.