8 November 1942

Sunday 8 November 1942

EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO, Eighth Air Force): Mission 17: 53
bombers are dispatched to hit two targets in France; 1 B-17 is lost:
1. 11 of 15 B-17s bomb the Abbeville/Drucat Airfield; they claim 1-2-1
Luftwaffe aircraft; 5 B-17s are damaged and 5 airmen are WIA.
2. 31 of 38 B-17s bomb the Atclier d'Hellemmes locomotive works at Lille;
they claim 10-4-13 Luftwaffe aircraft; 1 B-17 is lost and 8 damaged; 3
airmen are WIA and 11 MIA.