 Between 1944-1945, the 8th Air Force distributed 80 percent of all leaflets in the areas of the Anglo-American armies.Ten percent was disseminated by the Royal Air Force, 5 percent by fighter bombers of the tactical air forces, and 5 percent by artillery (field guns and Howitzers).The 422nd Bomb Squadron of the 8th Air Force originally released leaflets from large boxes of a B-17 flying at 30,000 feet.