The Snapshots in Time Collection
Pat McAleer Flight Log Book, June 1943 — SNJ-4 Training Flights
This page from Pat McAleer's official flight log book documents a week of intensive SNJ-4 Texan training flights in June 1943. Naval aviation cadets logged every flight — noting aircraft serial number, duration, and type of maneuver — as they built toward the solo hours required to advance in flight training. Logbooks like this one provide an unbroken, day-by-day record of a WWII naval aviator's path from cadet to qualified pilot. Project: 218037