The Snapshots in Time Collection

U.S. Navy Aviator's Flight Log Book Page, NAS Miami, Florida, August 25, 1943 (Pat McAleer Collection)

U.S. Navy Aviator's Flight Log Book Page, NAS Miami, Florida, August 25, 1943 (Pat McAleer Collection)

A page from a U.S. Navy aviator's flight log book, certified at Naval Air Station Miami, Florida, on August 25, 1943. Log books like this one meticulously tracked every hour a naval aviator spent in the air, forming the backbone of wartime pilot training and qualification records. Project: 218060