http://b-17-flying-fortress.actiffor...armee-de-l-air
http://www.americancombatplanes.com/p40_6.html :
The Twelfth Air Force, formed to support the American occupation of North Africa, had two Warhawk groups, the 33rd and 325th. The former flew 76 P-40Fs from the USS Chenango on November 8, 1942, but only 58 landed without damage near Casablanca. Twenty-four of those P-40Fs went to a French squadron in December 1942, which was later supplied with 49 P-40L-10s in March 1943.
For the P-40Fs / Kittyhawk FLxxx :
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1941_3.html
and
for the P-40Ls / Kittyhawk FSxxx :
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1942_1.html
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