8th Air Force 251 LEAFLET DROP

6 March 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 cities of Nantes, Cambrai, Lille, Chateauroux and Lorient. There are no losses, casualties or claims.

Mission Details

CAMBRAI / CHATEAUROUX / LILLE / LORIENT / NANTES

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

Mission Statistics

  • Aircraft sent: 5
  • Aircraft effective: 5

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People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12041096 at enlistment, then O-805890
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Revisions

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 19-Feb-2016. Removed CARPETBAGGER opeation from Mission event notes. This operation described unde its own mission event.

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 19-Feb-2016. Added Mission Narrative per "The Mighty Eighth War Diary", 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'.