8th Air Force 276 LEAFLET DROP
23 March 1944Description
5 B-17 from 305BG/422BS are despatched on a night operation to drop 262 bunldes (1,310,000?) leaflets in the French cities of Grenoble, Vichy, Lyon, Toulouse, and Limoges. There are no losses, casualties or claims.
Mission Details
LYON / VICHY / GRENOBLE / LIMOGES / TOULOUSE
Description: 262 BUNDLES DROPPED
Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Notes: Night leaflet drop on French cities by 305th Bomb Group/422nd Bomb Squadron
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Mission Statistics
- Aircraft sent: 5
- Aircraft effective: 5
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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 5-Mar-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'.