The Snapshots in Time Collection
USMC Pilot Flight Logbook Page: 1st Lt. Edward P. McAleer, VMF-441, F4U-1D Corsair, January 1945
This page from 1st Lt. Edward P. McAleer's official U.S. Marine Corps flight logbook documents five training sorties flown in the F4U-1D Corsair during January 1945 with VMF Squadron 441, Fourth Marine Aircraft Wing. The entries record instrument flying, aerial gunnery, and live rocket runs -- combat skills essential to the Corsair's role as a fighter-bomber in the Pacific Theater -- and are certified by the pilot and countersigned by his squadron flight officer, Capt. Robert Lee Green. Project: 218060