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I am looking for ideas about popular "history" items about WW II aircraft and air combat that are actually urban legends and need an historical update. Example: The Brewster Buffalo's combat career started and ended with the US Marine Corps' interception of Japanese Naval Air Forces during the...

Macharvard is correct, these are US Navy North American SNJ-3 advanced trainers. Though not a catchy name, SNJ stands for Scout-Trainer (SN) North American (J).

Almost certainly a screenshot from the game IL2 Sturmovik 1946 that has been converted to black and white. Here is a color promo shot from the game with the same loose B-17 formations, the same bitmapped art on each airplane, similar prop blurs and exaggerated wire antenna on the nearest B-17.