The Snapshots in Time Collection

Pilot's Flight Log Book, Edward P. McAleer - February 1943, NAS Los Alamitos Primary Training

Pilot's Flight Log Book, Edward P. McAleer - February 1943, NAS Los Alamitos Primary Training

This February 1943 flight log page documents Edward P. McAleer's primary flight training in the N2S Stearman biplane trainer at Naval Air Station Los Alamitos, California. Nicknamed the 'Yellow Peril,' the Stearman was the aircraft on which thousands of WWII Naval Aviation Cadets learned to fly before advancing to more complex aircraft, marking the first formal step in what would become McAleer's wartime and postwar naval aviation career. Project: 218060