The Snapshots in Time Collection

Pilot's Flight Log Book, January 1952 - R5C Commando, Bureau No. 39542, Pat McAleer Collection

Pilot's Flight Log Book, January 1952 - R5C Commando, Bureau No. 39542, Pat McAleer Collection

This page from a Marine Corps aviator's flight logbook, dated January 1952, records a cross-country flight in an R5C Commando transport aircraft. The accompanying entry notes the pilot's detachment from active duty later that month - a small but telling record of one aviator's transition at the close of his period of Korean War-era service. Project: 218062