165 Airacobras were supplied to the Free French Air Force, headquartered in Algiers. P-39Ns equipped two fighter groups in North Africa. First to receive the Airacobra was GC III/6, which received its planes in April of 1943. It was followed by GC I/4, GC I/5, GC III/5 and perhaps GC II/3. GC II/6 had been disbanded under the Vichy regime, but was later reformed as GC II/6 Travail. The Free French P-39Ns and P-39Qs operated initially on coastal patrols in North Africa, and then flew close-support missions over Southern France and Italy until the end of the war in Europe.