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| Keywords: P-40F GCII-5 Casablanca 9Jan43.jpg 12 Curtiss P-40F Warhawk fighters on 9 January 1943 in Casablanca during a ceremony which officially transferred these former USAAF 33rd Fighter Group P-40s to the French in North Africa In reality these aircraft had been handed over to the Armee de l'Air on 25 November 1942 The recceiving French unit was Groupe de Chasse GC II/5 better known as the Lafayette Escadrille Note the Curtiss Hawk 75 and at least two Dewoitine D 520s inside the hangar still wearing Vichy-French identification stripes A Douglas C-47 Skytrain is visible in the background <br> Official caption Line-up of 13 P-40 United States Warhawks which Americans recently presented to the Fighting French air forces at an airport somewhere in North Africa on behalf of the people of the United States LOC-image fsa 8e00476 1943-01-09 USAAF frame removed PD-USGov Curtiss P-40F Warhawk World War II in North Africa Aircraft of the French Air Force Casablanca in World War II | ||||
