The Snapshots in Time Collection

U.S. Navy/Marine Aviator's Flight Log Book, April 1948 -- FG-1D Corsair Training Entries (McAleer Collection)

U.S. Navy/Marine Aviator's Flight Log Book, April 1948 -- FG-1D Corsair Training Entries (McAleer Collection)

A page from a Naval aviator's personal flight log, dated April 1948, records training flights in the Goodyear FG-1D Corsair -- high-altitude gunnery, combat tactics, and rocket and bombing practice. Logs like this document the continued front-line role of the Corsair in the years immediately following World War II. Project: 218060