The Snapshots in Time Collection

Handwritten Aviator Flight Log Book, January 1945 - F4U-1D Corsair Operations Against Wotje Atoll, Marshall Islands

Handwritten Aviator Flight Log Book, January 1945 - F4U-1D Corsair Operations Against Wotje Atoll, Marshall Islands

A page from a World War II naval aviator's personal flight log book, dated January 1945, recording solo training and combat-support sorties flown in the F4U-1D Corsair (and one flight in an SBD-5 Dauntless) around Wotje Atoll and Roi-Namur in the Marshall Islands. Entries such as 'Bomb Wotje,' 'Rocket Run,' and 'Gunnery' document the ongoing pressure kept on isolated, bypassed Japanese garrisons during the Pacific campaign. Part of the McAleer family collection. Project: 218060