VIII Bomber Command 146 SPECIAL OPERATION

2 December 1943

Description

1 B-17 from 482BG was despatched on a special night operation to Huls, Germany. Aircraft dropped 2 2000lb general purpose bombs an a 1000lb photoflash in an "Oboe"test. No losses or claims.



Also 4 B-17s from 305BG/422BS were despatched on a night operation to drop leaflets on the cities of Bremen, Oldenburg and Hamburg, Germany. 2,090,000 leaflets were dropped. Ther are no losses or claims.

Mission Details

BREMEN

Description: 2,090,000 LEAFLETS DROPPED

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress

Notes: Night leaflet drop.

Unofficial emblem, 305th Bomb Group.

305th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Mission Statistics

  • Aircraft sent: 4
  • Aircraft effective: 4

HULS

Description: OBOE TEST

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress

Notes: OBOE TEST Includes one each 1,000lb Photoflash.

Lieutenant John C "Red" Morgan of the 482nd Bomb Group with a B-17 Flying Fortress. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Lt Red Morgan, Cong, Med of Hon.'

482nd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Mission Statistics

  • Tonnage Dropped: 1.50
  • Aircraft sent: 1
  • Aircraft effective: 1

Description: COMMUNIQUE

Notes: The Combined Chiefs of Staff (CCS) authorizes the AEAF to attack so-called "sky sites" in the Pas-de-Calaise area and Cherbourg Peninsula area which have been verified by RAF photography and British Intelligence as missle-launching sites.

Revisions

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 23-Jul-2015. Added Communique event to Mission Events per the "USAAF Combat Chronology" , Jack McKillop.

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 23-Jul-2015. Added leafltet drop to Mission Narrative per "The Mighty Eighth War Diary", Roger A. Freeman.

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 23-Jul-2015. Added Mission Narrative per "The Mighty Eighth War Diary", Roger A. Freeman.

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ContributorAAM
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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'.