The Snapshots in Time Collection

McAleer Flight Log Book, December 1944 - F4U-1D Corsair Combat Missions over Marshall Islands

McAleer Flight Log Book, December 1944 - F4U-1D Corsair Combat Missions over Marshall Islands

Pat McAleer's December 1944 flight log records combat sorties in the F4U-1D Corsair against Japanese garrisons on the Marshall Islands atolls of Wotje, Jaluit, and Maloelap -- islands bypassed by the American advance but kept under continuous air attack to neutralize their defenses through the end of the war. Project: 218060