Editing Curtiss P-40 Warhawk (section)

===French Air Force===
An early order came from the French ''[[French Air Force|Armée de l'Air]]'', which was already operating P-36s. The ''Armée de l'Air'' ordered 100 (later the order was increased to 230) as the '''Hawk 81A-1''' but the French were defeated before the aircraft had left the factory and the aircraft were diverted to British and Commonwealth service (as the Tomahawk I), in some cases complete with metric flight instruments.

In late 1942, as French forces in North Africa split from the [[Vichy France|Vichy government]] to side with the [[Allies of World War II|Allies]], US forces transferred P-40Fs from [[33d Operations Group|33rd FG]] to ''GC II/5'', a squadron that was historically associated with the [[Lafayette Escadrille]]. GC II/5 used its P-40Fs and Ls in combat in [[Tunisia]] and later for patrol duty off the [[Mediterranean Sea|Mediterranean coast]] until mid-1944, when they were replaced by [[Republic P-47 Thunderbolt|Republic P-47D]] Thunderbolts.