8th Air Force 209 LEAFLET DROP

4 February 1944

Description

7 B-17s from 305BG/422BS are despatched on a night operations to drop leaflets on the Franch citied of Lorient, Tours, Nantes, Raismes, Lille and Cambrai. Leaflets are also dropped on Antwerp, Belgium. A total of 319 bundles (1,595,000?) are dropped. There are no losses or claims.

Mission Details

ANTWERP / CAMBRAI / LILLE / LORIENT / NANTES / RAISMES / TOURS

Description: 319 BUNDLES DROPPED

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress

Notes: Night mission over cities in France and Belgium by 305th Bomb Group/422nd Bomb Squadron Also a CARPTEBAGGER mission

Unofficial emblem, 305th Bomb Group.

305th Bomb Group

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

Mission Statistics

  • Aircraft sent: 7
  • Aircraft effective: 7

Revisions

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources

Lee Cunningham 26-Jan-2016. Added Detailed Description per "The Mighty Eighth War Diary", Roger A. Freeman.

Date
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'.