8th Air Force 242 LEAFLET DROP

29 February 1944

Description

5 B-17s from 305BG/422BS are despatched on a night operation to drop 250 bundles (1,250,000?) leaflets on the French sities of Orleans, Lille, Reims, Cambrai and Chateauroux. There are no losses, casualties or claims.

Mission Details

CHATEAUROUX / CAMBRAI / LILLE / ORLEANS / RHEIMS

Description: 250 BUNDLES DROPPED

Notes: Night drop of leaflets on French cities by 305th Bomb Group/422nd Bomb Squadron.

Mission Statistics

  • Aircraft sent: 5
  • Aircraft effective: 5

Revisions

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources

Lee Cunningham 11-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'.