[Hamsterman]

Thanks guys! I kind of suspected the picture represented a mixture of schemes but wanted a second or third opinion.

If you don't mind, let me pick your brains about this picture of Wildcats 21 and 24. Check out the camo pattern on the starboard engine cowl of #24. There appears to be 4 separate colors on the cowl ring and then a darker color just below the bottom cowl flap. The darker color around below the cowl flap looks like a possible repair job. I'm wondering if the color between the white on the bottom of the engine cowl ring and the blue/gray or intermediate blue is a remnant of the neutral gray from the prior camo scheme.

Now look #21. Look at the insignia on the port wing. Do you see a shadow between the leading edge of the wing and the top of the red surround on the insignia? It's faint but I still see the effect when I adjust the contrast and brightness of the picture so I think it's real. Could the size of the insignia on the wing have been changed after the non-specular sea blue was added to the top of the wings? I'm wondering if the shadow is just a slightly fresher coat of non-specular sea blue.

The application of the 3/4-tone scheme on these two F4Fs looks rushed which begs the question, was intermediate blue applied over the blue-gray camo or was the blue-gray paint left as is and used in place of a fresh coat of intermediate blue.

I never that the Navy preferred the blue/gray scheme in the Atlantic versus the 3/4-tone scheme.

Oh, FYI, Ranger also had one TBF during the Torch landings. It was flown by Commander David Overfield, Commander Ranger Air Group.