8th Air Force 254

10 March 1944

Description

5 B-17s from 305BG/422BS are despatched to drop 250 bundles (1,250,000) leaftlets on the Belgian cities of Brussels, Antwerp, Ghent and Monceau-sur-Sambre. There are no losses or claims.

Mission Details

ANTWERP / MONCEAU-SUR-SAMBRE / BRUSSELS / GHENT

Description: 250 BUNDLES DROPPED

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress

Notes: Night leaflet drop on cities in Belgium by 305th Bomb Group/422nd Bomb Squadron.

Unofficial emblem, 305th Bomb Group.

305th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Mission Statistics

  • Aircraft sent: 5
  • Aircraft effective: 5

Revisions

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources

Lee Cunningham 22-Feb-2016. Added Mission Narrative based on "The Mighty Eighth War Diary", Roger A. Freeman.

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

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'.