The Snapshots in Time Collection
Page from USMC Aviator's Flight Logbook, SBD Dauntless Entries, MCAS Quantico, Virginia, May 1945
A page from a Marine Corps aviator's personal flight logbook, dated May 1945, recording training and local flights in the SBD Dauntless dive bomber at Marine Corps Air Station, Quantico, Virginia. Logbooks such as this provided the official, signed record of a pilot's flight hours and aircraft assignments, certified monthly by both the aviator and a squadron operations officer. Project: 218060