VIII Bomber Command 170 LEAFLET DROP
30 December 1943Description
5 B017s from 305BG/422BS are despatched on a night operation to drop leaflets on the cities of Antwerp, Ghent, Brussels and Lens, Belgium and Cambrai, France. 1,000,000 leaflets are dropped. There are no losses or claims.
Mission Details
ANTWERP / CAMBRAI / GHENT / LENS
Description: 1,000,000 LEAFLETS DROPPED
Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Notes: Night leaflet drop.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 682.35
- Aircraft sent: 5
- Aircraft effective: 5
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Revisions
Lee Cunningham 28-Jul-2015. Added Mission Narrative based on "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'.