The Snapshots in Time Collection

U.S. Navy Pilot Flight Log Book, F6F Hellcat Training Entries, December 1949 (McAleer Collection)

U.S. Navy Pilot Flight Log Book, F6F Hellcat Training Entries, December 1949 (McAleer Collection)

A page from a U.S. Navy aviator's personal flight log book documenting F6F Hellcat training flights in December 1949, including carrier qualification and division tactics exercises certified at Naval Air Station Oakland, California. Logs such as this one preserve the individual flight histories of naval aviators in the years leading up to the Korean War. Project: 218062