Personnel of the 303rd Bomb Group play a game between missions. Image stamped on reverse: 'Copyright Current Affairs Ltd.' [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 9 Apr 1943.' [stamp] and '257512.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'Checker game between raids. Four airmen shown in the picture are (left to right) 2nd Lt Donald L Grant, navigator. Aged 23, and he comes from Sullivan, Ill. and holds the Air Medal and 2 Clusters, his wife Mrs DL Grant lives at R F D I Okolona Miss. Formerly employed as a truck driver by Earl Walker and Co of Sullivan, Lt Grant was educated at Sullivan High School, Eureka Ill. (Second from left) 2nd Lt. Calvin Andrew Swaffer, a pilot with 10 raids to his credit and holder of the Air Medal. His home is at 3189 Summer, Memphis, Tenn. Aged 22 he was formerly a dispatcher with the Firestone, Tyre and Rubber Co. His mother Mrs JM Swaffer lives at the above address. (Third from left) 2nd Lt Earl A Steele, navigator, has been on 15 raids and hold the Air Medal and Cluster. His home town is in Elizabeth Colorado, where he formerly worked as a rancher. His parents live at Mankata, Kansas. (On right) 1st Lt Dave Laffitte Rogan, aged 28, holds the Purple Heart, the Air Medal and one Oak Leaf Cluster. He has been on 13 raids- 10 American and 3 RAF. He is a pilot and hails from 2504 West Cumberland Ave. Middlesboro, Kentucky. His fiancée, Miss Elizabeth Bottorff, works for American Air Line, Bowman, Field Louisville, Kentucky. His parents live at Middlesboro. Educated at the University of Kentucky, Lt. Rogan thinks England is a great country adding "But there's no place like Kentucky."'

A bomber crew of the 303rd Bomb Group with their B-17 Flying Fortress. Passed for publication 29 Jan 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'They "Bailed Out" On Saturday But Bombed Germany On Wednesday. One of the Fortresses which took part in the first American daylight raid on Germany on Wednesday was manned by a crew who had "bailed out" on Saturday. They were the crew of one of the Fortresses which had bombed Lorraine, and having got back to England on one engine the pilot, Lt. G. Oxrider, ordered his crew to bail out, and then managed to land the plane safely in a field. O.P.S., left to right: 2nd Lt. D.W. Hurlburt, (Panama) co-pilot; 2nd Lt. Donald L. Grant, (Sullivan, Ill.) navigator; 1st Lt. George T. Oxrider, (Dayton, Ohio) pilot; T/Sgt. Everet A. Dasher, (Marlow, G.A.); T/Sgt. F.B. Ziemer, (Kanakee, Ill.) Gunner; 2nd Lt. Earle A. Steele, (Elisabeth, Colo) Bombardier; Sergt. Theodore C. Heaps, (Dusquesne, Penna). (Barratt's, 29/1/43).' On reverse: Barratt's Photo Press Ltd, US Army Press Censor ETO and US Army General Section Press & Censorship Bureau [Stamps].