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Seen a few photos of Jacksonville SNJs in a two tone blue scheme

https://www.flickr.com/photos/damopabe/3878382383/

Aircraft has a mid-war dark blue top, light blue fuselage and white underside with markings for NAOTC Jacksonville.

Does anyone know anything about those SNJs and why they were painted that way/what they were used for?

NAOTC JAX was the operational training command where pilots went after primary and advanced for training on their ultimate types (Hellcat, Corsair...etc).

I'm curious what they used SNJs for and why they were painted like operational aircraft.

https://www.thejaxsonmag.com/article/wo ... ksonville/

And while we're at it, what's that plane on the right?
[img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54811972118_a89efc33e9_o.png/[img]

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Pilot: "Flap switch works hard in down position."
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Just a WAG, and I know very little about WW2 navy training, could they have been some sort of "adversary" aircraft to help train the pilots before heading out? Or maybe something as simple as the base commander liked that paint scheme.

No idea why some JAX planes were painted that way but that paint scheme does appear at other bases.

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