8th Air Force 217 LEAFLET DROP

10 February 1944

Description

5 B-17s from 305BG/422BS are despatched on a night operation to drop 260 bundles (1,300,000?) leaflets on the French cities of Rouen, Rennes, Caen and Amiens and also on Antwerp, Belgium. There are no losses or claims.

Mission Details

AND ANTWERP / AMIENS / CAEN / RENNES / ROUEN

Description: 260 bundles (1,300,000?) leaflets dropped

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress

Unofficial emblem, 305th Bomb Group.

305th Bomb Group

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

Mission Statistics

  • Aircraft sent: 5
  • Aircraft effective: 5

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People

Robert J Tompkins

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Aircraft

42-37826

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: No Excuse
  • Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron

Revisions

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources

Lee Cunningham 18-Feb-2016. Removed CARPETBAGGER operations form this mission and includded them under a NEW Mission event for 10-Feb-44 per "The Mighty Eighth War Diary", Roger A. Freeman.

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources

Lee Cunningham 6-Feb-2016. Added Mission Narrative 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'.