The Snapshots in Time Collection

Pilot's Flight Log Book Page, February 1949 - FG-1D Corsair Division Tactics Training

Pilot's Flight Log Book Page, February 1949 - FG-1D Corsair Division Tactics Training

This page from a Navy or Marine Corps pilot's flight log book records February 1949 training flights in an FG-1D Corsair devoted to 'division tactics' - coordinated formation and combat maneuvering exercises. Logs like this document the rigorous peacetime training that prepared naval aviators for the Korean War just over a year later. Project: 218062