VIII Bomber Command 150 SPECIAL OPERATION
10 December 1943Description
1 B-17 from 482BG is desptached on a special night operation to test "Oboe". Intended target not in source data. The aircraft sustained an oxygen leak and had to abort the mission. The bomb load of 2 2000lb general purpose bombs and one 1000lb photoflash were jettisoned in the sea juts off the French coast. There are no losses or claims.
6 B-17s from 305BG/422BS are despatched on a night operation to drop leaflets on the cities of Rouen, Paris, Caen and Amiens, France and Ghent, Belgium 1,200,00 leaflets are dropped. There are no losses or claims.
Mission Details
Description: OBOE TEST
Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Notes: 1 flies OBOE test but aborts due to oxygen leak two X2000GP and one X Photoflash are jettisoned in the English Channel.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: 0.00
- Aircraft sent: 1
CAEN / PARIS / ROUEN
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: 6
- Aircraft effective: 6
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 23-Jun-2015. Added Leaftlet drop to Mission Narrative based on "The Mighty Eighth War Diary", Roger A. Freeman.
Lee Cunningham 23-Jun-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'.