The Snapshots in Time Collection

U.S. Navy Pilot's Flight Logbook, November 1952 - PBM-5 Mariner Trans-Pacific Flights, Bancroft Collection

U.S. Navy Pilot's Flight Logbook, November 1952 - PBM-5 Mariner Trans-Pacific Flights, Bancroft Collection

This page from Lt. Bancroft's 1952 flight logbook documents a trans-Pacific ferry flight in a PBM-5 Mariner flying boat, tracing a route from Alameda, California through Hawaii, Johnston Island, and Kwajalein to Guam and finally Yokosuka, Japan. Such long over-water legs were routine for naval aviators supporting Pacific operations during the Korean War, and the detailed hour-by-hour record reflects the disciplined recordkeeping required of every military pilot. Project: 218132