The Snapshots in Time Collection

Pilot Flight Logbook Page, May 1950 — F6F-5 Hellcat Gunnery and Bombing Training Entry

Pilot Flight Logbook Page, May 1950 — F6F-5 Hellcat Gunnery and Bombing Training Entry

A page from a Navy pilot's personal flight logbook records a training sortie flown May 28, 1950, in an F6F-5 Hellcat fighter, logged for fixed gunnery and bombing practice. Logbooks like this one provide a precise, first-person record of an aviator's flight hours and training in the critical months just before the outbreak of the Korean War. Project: 218062