Curtiss P-40E, 79th Pursuit Squadron, 20th Pursuit Group, Louisiana Manoeuvres, late 1941. Curtiss P-40F, flown by Colonel Earl Bates, 79th Fighter Group, North Africa, 1943. Curtiss P-40F, 57th Fighter Group, embarked aboard the carrier USS Ranger (CV-4), North African theatre, 1943.