The Snapshots in Time Collection

Marine Corps Aviator's Flight Log Book, April 1945 Entries, MCAS Quantico, Virginia

Marine Corps Aviator's Flight Log Book, April 1945 Entries, MCAS Quantico, Virginia

A page from Marine aviator Pat McAleer's personal flight log book records his flights in SBD Dauntless dive bombers and an SNJ trainer at Marine Corps Air Station Quantico, Virginia, in April 1945. By month's end, McAleer had logged 760.4 total flight hours, a firsthand record of Marine Corps aviation training during the closing months of World War II. Project: 218060