8th Air Force 837 LEAFLET DROP

20 February 1945

Description

11 B-24s from the Night Leaflet Squadron, 305BG/422BS are despatched on a night operation to frop leaflets on towns in Holland and Germany. The number of leaflets dropped was not sepcified in source data. One aircraft aborted the mission becuase of mechanical failures. There were no losses or claims.

Revisions

Date10 Feb 2016 18:27:16

ContributorLee8thbuff

Changes

Sources

Lee Cunningham 10-Feb-2016. Restored Mission Designation and added Mission Narrative based on "The Mighty Eighth War Diary", Roger A. Freeman. (Mission was previously mis-dated in 1944).