8th Air Force 172 LEAFLET DROP
2 January 1944Description
303BG/422BS despatches 5 B-17s to drop 1,200,000 leaflets over Bremen, Germany, Rennes, Nantes, Paris and Brest, France. 305BG is now officially organised as a Bomb Group of 8th Air Force.
Mission Details
BREMEN / BREST / NANTES / PARIS / RENNES
Description: 1,200,000 LEAFLETS DROPPED
Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Notes: Night leaflet drop.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft sent: 5
- Aircraft effective: 5
Revisions
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources
Lee Cunningham 8-Feb-2015. Changed Title and added Mission Description 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'.