VIII Bomber Command 160 LEAFLET DROP
20 December 1943Description
5 B-17s from 305BG/422BS are despatched on a night operation to drop leaflets on the citied of Lille, France, Lens, Ghent and Brussels, Belgium. 1,000,000 leafltes are dropped. Therer are no losses or claims.
Mission Details
LENS / GHENT / LILLE
Description: 1,000,000 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
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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
Revisions
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources
Lee Cunningham 25-Jul-2015. Added Mission Narrative 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'.