The Snapshots in Time Collection
U.S. Navy Pilot's Flight Logbook Page, Lt. Wayne E. Bancroft, January 1950
This page from Lt. Wayne E. Bancroft's personal flight logbook records a training flight in an SNJ-5 'Texan' advanced trainer in January 1950, just months before the outbreak of the Korean War. Logbooks like this provided the official record of a naval aviator's accumulated flight experience, tracking every hour toward the skills that would soon be tested in combat over Korea. Project: 218133