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Photo #: 80-G-K-13386 (Color)

Naval Air Station, Miami, Florida

Training aircraft on the parking ramp, circa 1942-43.
Note the variety of types, some built for training purposes and others former combat aircraft. The latter feature a wide variety of color schemes and markings.
Planes closest to the camera are North American SNJ-3 & SNJ-5 trainers.
Those beyond include Brewster F2A fighters (at right); Grumman F2F and F3F fighters (left and center); Curtiss SBC scout bombers (just beyond the fighters); and Northrup BT bombers (left distance).

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

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21 March 2001