422nd Bomb Squadron
Squadron
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8th Air Force 294
9 April 1944
Official description
Not yet known
Description
Not yet known
Mission details
1. AMIENS / CAEN / PARIS / ROUEN
Description
2,752,000 LEAFLETS DROPPED
Aircraft type
Not yet known
Notes
Two single engine enemy fighters attacked one of the B-17s during withdrawal. The bomber gunners claimed one was destroyed, the first credited on a night mission.
Units
Mission Statistics
| Tonnage dropped | NA |
Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2014 18:43:12 | AAM | AAM 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'. |
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