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Eighth Air Force Heavy Bomber Mission No. 17: 38 aircraft dispatched to attack industrial targets at Lille, 15 to attack airfield at Abbeville/ Drucat. One aircraft lost.
Start of Operation Torch. Petain orders French troops in North Africa to resist the Allies. Some do, but Algiers falls on the first day.