P-51 in Operation Torch

[Mgawa]

Greetings all,

as I know there was some topic regard to the use of P-51 in operation Torch but I can not find them. Any help or suggestion?

Cheers

[Jack Cook]

A bit to early and just Naval aircraft if I'm not mistaken.
Don't let the yellow surrounding the insignia fool you.

[Mgawa]

Good point about yellow border! My basic impression is that this border is related to this operation but this is not always the case.

Thank you Jack

[Holedigger]

IIRC Something like 70 P-40s were there, but had to wait until an airfield was taken as they could not land back on the carrier.

[TonyM]

On 10 Nov 1942, 72 P-40F fighters of the 58FS/33FG launched off of the aircraft carrier USS Chenango and landed at the captured airfield at Port Lyautey, French Morocco. One 33FG P-40F was involved in a fatal accident at Norfolk, Virginia, on 21 Oct 42 while en route to shipping out on the carrier.

TonyM.

[Mgawa]

I think that I have some images of the P-51 on carrier board but they are not early version.