The Snapshots in Time Collection

Pilot Flight Logbook Page, February 1944 - McAleer Log Book (Jan 1942-Sept 1948)

Pilot Flight Logbook Page, February 1944 - McAleer Log Book (Jan 1942-Sept 1948)

A February 1944 page from the personal flight logbook of Marine/Navy aviator McAleer, documenting solo training flights in Goodyear FG-1 and Vought F4U-1 Corsair fighters. Handwritten remarks record strafing runs, gunnery, glide bombing, division tactics, radar problems, and combat air patrols, illustrating the intensive fighter training syllabus flown by American carrier and land-based aviators during the Pacific War. Project: 218037