The Snapshots in Time Collection
McAleer Photo Album Page: Corsair Ground Crew News Clipping and In-Memoriam Portrait of Jim Banks, 1943
This page from Edward P. McAleer's wartime album pairs a newspaper clipping of Corsair ground crews arming their fighters with a personal, handwritten memorial to a fallen friend, Jim Banks, killed in 1943. Together they illustrate both the technical reality of Corsair operations and the deep personal losses experienced by Marine aviators during World War II. Project: 218137