8th Air Force 207 LEAFLET DROP
3 February 1944Description
7 B-17s are despatched from 305BG/422BS on a night operation to drop 420 bundles (2,100,000?) leaflets on the French cities of Paris, Rouen, Amiens, Reims, Orleans and Rennes. There are no aircraft or personnel losses and no claims on enemy aircraft.
Mission Details
OLREANS / REAMS / AMIENS / PARIS / RENNES / ROUEN
Description: 420 BUNDLES DROPPED
Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Notes: Night leaflet drop on French cities by 305th Bomb Group/422nd Bomb Squadron
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft sent: 7
- Aircraft effective: 7
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 26-Jan-2016. Added Detailed Mission Description 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'.