The Snapshots in Time Collection
U.S. Navy Pilot Flight Logbook, September 1949 - Wayne E. Bancroft, SNJ Carrier Qualification Training
A page from Wayne E. Bancroft's personal Navy flight logbook, September 1949, documenting SNJ trainer flights and a series of twelve carrier qualification landings. This record captures the rigorous training regimen naval aviators underwent before fleet assignment, in the years just prior to the Korean War. Project: 218132