8th Air Force 823 LEAFLET DROP
7 February 1945Description
The Night Leaflet Squadron, 305BG/422BS despatched 10 B-24s on a night operation to drop leafletss on towns in Holland and Germany. Number of leaflets dropped was not specified in source data.
25BG despatched 4 Mosquitos on night opertion photo recce sorties in the Misburg-Hamburg area. 1 aircraft Failed to Return (FTR).
Mission Details
Description: UNKNOWN NUMBER OF LEAFLETS DROPPED
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ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources
Lee Cunningham 10-Feb-2016. Added Mission Narrative per "The Mighty Eighth War Dairy", Roger A. Freeman.
ContributorAAM
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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'.