<p>12 Curtiss P-40F <i>Warhawk</i> 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 <i>Groupe de Chasse GC II/5</i>, better known as the <i>Lafayette Escadrille</i>. 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 <i>Skytrain</i> is visible in the background.<br></p>
<b>Official caption:</b> "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."
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