The Snapshots in Time Collection
Marine Aviator's Personal Flight Log Book - November 1951, F4U-4 Corsair and AD-1 Skyraider Entries
This page from a Marine Corps aviator's personal flight log book records a month of training flights in November 1951, flown in F4U-4 Corsair and AD-1 Skyraider aircraft from MCAS El Toro and Camp Pendleton, California. Entries document gunnery practice, night familiarization, and close air support training - the kinds of missions Marine pilots honed in the months before deploying in support of United Nations forces during the Korean War. Personal log books such as this preserve a firsthand, day-by-day record of a pilot's flying career. Project: 218042