8th Air Force 172 LEAFLET DROP

2 January 1944

Description

303BG/422BS despatches 5 B-17s to drop 1,200,000 leaflets over Bremen, Germany, Rennes, Nantes, Paris and Brest, France. 305BG is now officially organised as a Bomb Group of 8th Air Force.

Mission Details

BREMEN / BREST / NANTES / PARIS / RENNES

Description: 1,200,000 LEAFLETS DROPPED

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress

Notes: Night leaflet drop.

Unofficial emblem, 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 8-Feb-2015. Changed Title and added Mission Description 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'.