The Snapshots in Time Collection
Naval Aviator's Flight Log Book, January 1950 — F6F-5 Hellcat Training Flights
A page from a U.S. Navy fighter pilot's flight log book, dated January 1950, recording training flights in the Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat — including glide bombing, division tactics, and section tactics. Logged just months before the outbreak of the Korean War, entries such as these document the rigorous peacetime training regimen that prepared carrier aviators for the combat operations to come. Project: 218042