8th Air Force 213 LEAFLET DROP

7 February 1944

Description

6 B-17s from 305BG/422BS are despatched on a night operation to drop 363 bundles (1,815,000?) leaflets on the Belgian cities of Brussels, Antwerp, Ghent, Liege, and Monceay-sur-Sambre. There are no losses or claims.

Mission Details

ANTWERP / BRUSSELS / GHENT / LIEGE / MONCEAU-SUR-SAMBRE

Description: 363 BUNDLES (1,815,000?) DROPPED

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress

Notes: Night leaflet drop over cities in France and Belgium 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

  • Aircraft sent: 6
  • Aircraft effective: 6

Revisions

Date18 Feb 2016 17:41:18
ContributorLee8thbuff
ChangesChanges to event
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Lee Cunningham 18-Feb-2016. Added connection to 422BS in Mission Event per "The Mighth Eighth War Diary", Roger A Freeman.

Date4 Feb 2016 22:05:22
ContributorLee8thbuff
ChangesChanges to name
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Lee Cunningham 4-Feb-2016. Corrected typo in title.

Date4 Feb 2016 22:04:11
ContributorLee8thbuff
ChangesChanges to name, date and description
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Lee Cunninngham 4-Feb-2016. Added Mission Narrative per "The Mighty Eighth War Diary", Roger A. Freeman.

Date27 Sep 2014 18:43:17
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
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'.