The Snapshots in Time Collection
U.S. Navy Flight Logbook, Pat McAleer — December 1949 Entries, F6F Hellcat Training Flights
A page from U.S. Navy pilot Pat McAleer's personal flight logbook, documenting F6F Hellcat training flights flown from NAS Oakland, California in December 1949. Carrier qualification and division tactics exercises like these prepared naval aviators for the demands of fleet operations, just months before the outbreak of the Korean War. Project: 218042