8th Air Force 272 LEAFLET DROP
21 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, Amsterdam, Leewarden, Rotterdam, and Utrecht. There are no losses, casulaties or claims.
Mission Details
AMSTERDAM / LEEUWARDEN / ROTTERDAM / THE HAGUE / UTRECHT
Description: 300 BUNDLES DROPPED
Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Notes: Night leaflet drop 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
Revisions
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources
Lee Cunningham 1-Mar-2016. Added Mission Narrative based on "The Mighty Eighth War Dairy", Roger A. Freeman.
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'.