8th Air Force 199 LEAFLET OPERATION
29 January 1944Description
5 B-17s from 305BG/422BS are despatched on a night operation to drop 1,200,000 leaftlets on the French cities of: Lille; Tours; Lorient; Nantes; and Valenceinnes. There are no losses or claims.
Mission Details
LILLE / LORIENT / NANTES / TOURS / VALENCIENNES
Description: 1,200,000 LEAFLETS DROPPED
Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Notes: Night leaflet drop on French cities by 305th Bomb Group/422nd Bomb Squadron.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft sent: 5
- Aircraft effective: 5
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 13-Jan-2016. Added Mission Narrative per "The Mighty Eighth War Diary", Roger A. Freeman.
Lee Cunningham, 8th Air Force missions research database / Stan Bishop's 'Losses of the US 8th and 9th Air Forces', the Combat Chronology of the US Army Air Forces and the work of Roger Freeman including the 'Mighty Eighth War Diary'.