This page from Naval Aviator Edward P. McAleer's personal flight logbook records dual-instruction training flights flown in the Vultee SNV-1 'Valiant' trainer at the U.S. Naval Air Training Center, Corpus Christi, Texas, in April 1943. Logbooks such as this provided the official, certified record of a cadet's progression through Naval flight training during World War II, tracking every hour toward the wings of gold. Project: 218037