The Snapshots in Time Collection
McAleer Personal Flight Logbook, September 1944 Entries — Marshall Islands Combat Operations
A page from Lieutenant Pat McAleer's personal flight logbook records his September 1944 combat sorties flying F4U Corsairs, F6F Hellcats, and SB2C Helldivers in the Marshall Islands. Entries document bombing strikes against the isolated Japanese garrison at Wotje Atoll and inter-island ferry flights between Roi, Kwajalein, Eniwetok, and Majuro. A marginal note referencing a 'Lindbergh Strike' recalls the celebrated aviator Charles Lindbergh's little-known combat missions as a civilian advisor flying with Marine Corsair squadrons in the Pacific that same year. Project: 218060