8th Air Force 219 LEAFLET DROP

11 February 1944

Description

5 B-17s from 305BG/422BS are despatshed on a night operation to drop 250 bundles (1,250,000?) leaflets on the Belgian cities of Ghent, Brussels and Antwerp. There are no losses or claims.

Mission Details

ANTWERP / BRUSSELS / GHENT

Description: 250 bundles dropped.

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress

Notes: Night leaflet drop on cites in Belgium by 305th Bomb Group/422nd Bomb Squadron.

Mission Statistics

  • Aircraft sent: 5
  • Aircraft effective: 5

Revisions

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources

Lee Cunningham 7-Feb-2016. Added Missionn Narrrative 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'.