Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Chinhu chekutanga chakapiwa kune imwe shanduro yemuchadenga-kune-pasi, kuvimba nemigumisiro yekutanga kwakanga kwakakwirira kwazvo zvokuti USAAF yakanga yarayira maroketi 3.500 pamberi pepi zvayo yakanga yaiswa chaizvoizvo mundege uye yakanga ichitarisira kuva navo vanoshanda munguva yeOperation Torch
, kupinda muNorth Africa, muna October 1942. Kubudirira kwokutanga kweM8 kubva kuCurtiss P-40E murwi musi waJuly 6, 1942 kwakaguma nehurongwa hwekuwana kwezviuru mazana matanhatu. Kuvandudzwa kwakatanga pachivharo chinogona kuzadzwazve icho chaigona kuiswa muchitokisi chebhomba chebhomba reDouglas A-20, asi ichi hachina kutongoshanda. Pakanga pane zvinetso zvakakomba nepeturu, fuses nemapaipi okutanga pasi pemapapiro, zvose izvo zvakanyanyisa kunonoka kushandiswa kwekushanda.