8th Air Force 267 LEAFLET DROP
19 March 1944Description
6 B-17s from 305BG/422BS are despatched on a night operation to drop 300 bundles (1,500,000?) leaflets on the Dutch cities of The Hague, Rotterdam, Leeuwarden, Utrecht and Amesterdam. There are no losses, casualties or claims.
Mission Details
AMSTERDAM / LEEUWARDEN / ROTTERDAM / THE HAGUE / UTRECHT
Description: 300 BUNDLES DROPPED
Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Notes: Night drop of leaflets on cities in Holland by 305th Bomb Group/422nd Bomb Squadron.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft sent: 6
- Aircraft effective: 6
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 570th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-2071574
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 29-Feb-2016. Added Mission Narrative based on "The Mighty Eighth War Diary", Roger A. Freeman.
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'.