VIII Bomber Command 152 LEAFLET DROP
11 December 1943Description
4 B-17s from 305BG/422BS are despatched on a night operation to drop leaflets on the cities of Leval, Rennes, Le Mans, and Nantes, France. 800,000 leaflets are dropped. There are no losses or claims.
Mission Details
LAVAL / LE MANS / NANTES / RENNES
Description: 800,000 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: 4
- Aircraft effective: 4
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 418th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-797609
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: The Duchess, Sure Stuff
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 359th Bomb Squadron
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 24-Jul-2015. Corrected typos in Mission Narrative.
Lee Cunningham 24-Jul-2015. Added Mission Narrative based on "The Mighty Eighth War Diary", Roger A. Freeman.
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'.