The Snapshots in Time Collection

Personal Flight Log Book of a U.S. Marine Corps Aviator, May 1945, MCAS Quantico, Virginia

Personal Flight Log Book of a U.S. Marine Corps Aviator, May 1945, MCAS Quantico, Virginia

This page from a Marine Corps aviator's personal flight log book records local training flights flown in SBD Dauntless dive bombers at MCAS Quantico, Virginia in May 1945. Certified and countersigned by the squadron's operations office, such logs provided an official, cumulative record of every pilot's flying hours throughout their military career. Project: 218037