USS Sable & Wolverine SNJ's ...

[bdk]

I believe the green is actually "light green." The specifications for that color are in the back of "The Official Monogram US Navy & Marine Corps Aircraft Color Guide, Vol 2." The green was only used for planes used for instrument training, therefore would not be applicable to the carrier based SNJ's.

Interesting as it contradicts the caption, "Golden Wings 1941-1945 by Jim Sullivan and Dave Lucabaugh / Squadron / signal publications , page 14." Makes a lot of sense though. So no instrument approaches to carriers?

[M Moore]

The picture above (from the book) sure does look like the band is darker than yellow. The change from red to green for instrument trainers was supposed to take place in Feb 1942. If that is indeed green in the picture, it is probably a different squadron. The pictures on the first page of this thread the band definitely appears yellow. If they had two training squadrons at Glenview, that would make sense.

Things were changing so frequently there is often conflicting information. I have a picture of a bunch of SNJ's on the ramp (Corpus if I remember correctly) and it shows SNJ's with varying markings. Some comply with the earlier standard and some to the later.

[seabee1526]

https://scontent-ort2-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/ ... e=5FD6717C

[Mark Allen M]

Interesting that NAS Grosse Ile had the same "J-#" as the NAS Glenview SNJ's.



SNJ’s on flight deck of USS Wolverine (IX 64), Chicago, Illinois. Photographed by Lieutenant Wayne Miller, December 1942. (582014)


The pilot of an SNJ Texan eyes the flight deck officer as he prepares to launch from the flight deck of the training aircraft carrier Sable (IX 81)

[bdk]

Looks like Grosse Ile had SNJ-4 Aircraft and not the carrier capable ones, though the link is non-specific. Seems like the Grosse Ile birds had higher numbers, so maybe they were all in sequence under a single command.

I wonder is there is a list of the SNJs at the two bases.

http://nasgi.net/ww2.htm