The Snapshots in Time Collection

U.S. Navy Pilot's Flight Logbook, June 1950 — F6F-5 Hellcat Entry (NAS Oakland)

U.S. Navy Pilot's Flight Logbook, June 1950 — F6F-5 Hellcat Entry (NAS Oakland)

This page from Pat McAleer's personal flight logbook records a June 1950 familiarization flight in an F6F-5 Hellcat fighter, flown out of Naval Air Station Oakland, California. Logbooks such as this document a naval aviator's accumulating flight hours and aircraft experience in the years bridging the end of World War II and the onset of the Korean War. Project: 218062