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Re: Identity of a beached P-40, x6*6?
Definitely not Torch. This is an aircraft of the 86th FS, 79th FG, 9th AF, as operating with the 8th Army in the Western desert from early 1943.
The photo could date from later than this. The 79th continued using its "X and a number" style of codes after the formation of the 12th AF, and retained the red spinner. The star and disc also points to an early date, but P-40s were seen with this on Sicily.
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