STRATEGIC OPERATIONS (Eighth Air Force): Lieutenant General James H
Doolittle assumes command, replacing Lieutenant General Ira C Eaker
who will
go to Italy as Commanding General Mediterranean Allied Air Force
(MAAF). Mission 177: During the evening, 5 B-17's drop 984,000 leaflets on
Amiens,
Lille, Valenciennes, Cambrai and Reims, France without loss.