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Assuming Duncan began his training at Pensacola in September 1941 and went on to become a floatplane pilot in the Fleet he may well not have had any training in fighters. By late 1941 advanced training in VF and VSB types took place at Miami and Jacksonville using such aircraft as the F3F and F2A, SBC and SB2U. Duncan, being VOS, is likely to have remained at Pensacola to continue advanced training on OS2Us, although in earlier stages of his training he may flown in the few F2Fs still at Pensacola.

In late 1939 the training programme at Pensacola was shortened from 12 months to six months and pilots no longer had to qualify in all the different classes of aircraft operated by the Fleet.