The Snapshots in Time Collection

Pilot's Flight Log Book, May Entries: F4U-1 Corsair Operations from Roi-Kwajalein, Including Strikes on Wotje Atoll — McAleer Collection

Pilot's Flight Log Book, May Entries: F4U-1 Corsair Operations from Roi-Kwajalein, Including Strikes on Wotje Atoll — McAleer Collection

This page from a Marine/Navy pilot's personal flight log book records a month of intensive flying from Roi and Kwajalein airfields in the Marshall Islands, including routine combat air patrols, reconnaissance flights, and two strike missions against Japanese-held Wotje Atoll. Logbooks like this one, part of the Edward 'Pat' McAleer collection, offer an invaluable firsthand record of the sustained air operations that kept bypassed Japanese island garrisons neutralized throughout the Pacific War. Project: 218037