The Snapshots in Time Collection
U.S. Marine Corps Flight Logbook Page, September 1943 — SNJ Advanced Trainer, USMCAS El Toro FTU-41
A September 1943 logbook page belonging to Marine aviator Edward P. McAleer, recording advanced training flights in the SNJ Texan trainer with Fleet Training Unit 41 (FTU-41) at Marine Corps Air Station El Toro, California. The accompanying summary table tracked his accumulating flight hours — 279.8 total by month's end — as he progressed toward combat readiness. Project: 218037