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U.S. Navy Pilot's Flight Logbook, July 1951 - PBM-5 Mariner Trans-Pacific Flights, Lt. W.C. Bancroft

U.S. Navy Pilot's Flight Logbook, July 1951 - PBM-5 Mariner Trans-Pacific Flights, Lt. W.C. Bancroft

This page from a U.S. Navy pilot's flight logbook records July 1951 flights in the PBM-5 Mariner flying boat, tracing a trans-Pacific route from Alameda to Ford Island, Johnston Atoll, and Kwajalein. Logbooks like this document the long over-water missions flown by patrol squadron aircrews during the Korean War era. Project: 218133