VIII Bomber Command 144 LEAFLET DROP
30 November 1943Description
6-B-17 from 305BG/422BS are despatched on a night mission to drop leaflets on the cities of: Paris, Rouen, Tours, Krefled and Opladen. 1,407,500 leaflets are dropped. There are no losses or claims.
Mission Details
KREFELD and OPLADEN / ROUEN. TOURS / PARIS
Description: 1,407,500 LEAFLETS DROPPED
Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Notes: Night leaflet drop over Paris, Rouen and Tours, France and Krefeld and Opladen, Germany.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft sent: 6
- Aircraft effective: 6
Revisions
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources
Lee Cunningham 14-Jul-2015. Added Mission Narrative based on "The Mighty Eighth War Diary", Roger A. Freeman.
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'.