Question re Nickels

[paul kroon]

Good evening,
In an ORB I saw that a number of aircraft had to drop nickels.
Some aircraft dropped 3 G.83, others 2 G.89. Both also written as 3G.83 and 2G.89.
Is there anybody on the board who could tell me the meaning of these designations.
Tia,
paul

[RSwank]

Nickles were propaganda leaflets. They were dropped in containers which burst open in the air and spread the leaflets over a large area. The numbers refer to which series of leaflets that were dropped, G.89 and G.83 and how many "bombs" were dropped 3 of one type and 2 of the other.

There are examples of these on this site:
http://www.psywar.org/

If you enter the codes G.83 or G.89 on this page: http://www.psywar.org/leaflets.php
you can see what they may have looked like (assuming the year is correct).

[paul kroon]

Dear Mr. Swank,
Thank you very much for your most useful answer. Just what I wanted to know.
paul