The Snapshots in Time Collection

U.S. Navy Pilot's Flight Logbook Page, Lt. Wayne E. Bancroft, January 1950

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