VIII Bomber Command 112 LEAFLET DROP
8 October 1943Description
2 B-17s from 305BG/422BS are despatched on a night operation to drop leaflets over the city of Rennes, France. 266,336 leaflets are dropped. There are no losses or claims.
Mission Details
RENNES
Description: 266,336 LEAFLETS DROPPED
Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Notes: Leaflet drop over Rennes, France. This type of mission will occur regularly until the end of the war.
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: Not Applicable
- Aircraft sent: 2
- Aircraft effective: 2
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 545th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-741306
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35304195
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 3-Jul-2015. 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'.