The Snapshots in Time Collection
Pilot's Flight Log Book, February 1944 — F4U-1 Corsair and FG-1 Training Entries (McAleer Collection)
A page from a Marine Corps fighter pilot's flight log book, February 1944, recording an intense schedule of gunnery, tactics, and night training flights in F4U-1 and FG-1 Corsairs. Documents like this offer a day-by-day window into the rigorous workup training American fighter pilots underwent before heading into combat in the Pacific. Project: 218060