The Snapshots in Time Collection

Pilot's Flight Log Book, December 1947 Entries - SNJ and F6F Hellcat Flights, NAS Oakland

Pilot's Flight Log Book, December 1947 Entries - SNJ and F6F Hellcat Flights, NAS Oakland

A page from a Naval aviator's personal flight logbook records two training flights in December 1947 at Naval Air Station Oakland, California - one in an SNJ trainer and one in an F6F Hellcat fighter, including a strafing exercise. Logbooks like this one, spanning January 1942 through September 1948, offer a detailed personal record of a pilot's wartime and postwar flying career. Project: 218037