8th Air Force 243 LEAFLET DROP

1 March 1944

Description

5-B-17s from 305BG/422BS are despatched on a night operation to drop 250 bundles (1,250,000?) leaflets and the French cities of Brest, Tours, Lorient, Nantes and Rheims. There are no losses or claims.

Mission Details

BREST / LORIENT / NANTES / RHEIMS / TOURS

Description: 250 BUNDLES DROPPED

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress

Notes: Night leaflet drop on French cities 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

  • Tonnage Dropped: Not Applicable
  • Aircraft sent: 5
  • Aircraft effective: 5

Revisions

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 15-Feb-2016. Edited title.

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 15-Feb-2016. Added Mission Narrative based on "The Mighty Eighth War Dairy", Roger A. Freeman

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ContributorAAM
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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'.