8th Air Force 265 LEAFLET DROP

18 March 1944

Description

6 B-17s from 305BG/422BS are despatched on a night operation to drop 300 bundles (1,500,000?) leaflets on the French cites of Cambrai, Lille, Paris, Amiens, Roeun, and Caen. There are no losses or claims.

Mission Details

AMIENS / CAEN / CAMBRAI / LILLE / PARIS / ROUEN

Description: 300 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

  • Aircraft sent: 6
  • Aircraft effective: 6

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People

Robert Sylvester Kinsey

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 97th Bomb Group 342nd Bomb Squadron 614th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17129375
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner

Revisions

Date28 Feb 2016 18:20:30
ContributorLee8thbuff
ChangesChanges to name and description
Sources

Lee Cunningham 28-Feb-2016. Added Mission Narrative based on "The Mighty Eighth War Diary", Roger A. Freeman.

Date27 Sep 2014 18:43:12
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'.