The Snapshots in Time Collection
Pilot's Flight Logbook Page, June 1948, FG-1D Corsair Flights at NAS Oakland -- McAleer Collection
This page from Pat McAleer's personal flight logbook records June 1948 training flights in the FG-1D Corsair fighter, including rocket familiarization sorties flown from Naval Air Station Oakland, California. Logbooks like this offer an intimate, day-by-day account of a naval aviator's career, bridging the transition from World War II combat flying to postwar peacetime training. Project: 218037