The Snapshots in Time Collection
Gallery: Part 9
Certificates and flight photographs follow Edward P. McAleer from a 1940 Social Security card to his designation as Naval Aviator No. C-7507 in July 1943. Corsairs banking over South Pacific atolls and later crowding carrier decks off Korea trace the long frontline career of both the pilot and his aircraft.
Naval Aviator Certificate of 2nd Lt. Edward P. McAleer, USMCR, Dated 7 July 1943
Instrument Flying Certification Card, 2nd Lt. Edward P. McAleer, USMCR, NAS Corpus Christi, 7 July 1943
Social Security Account Card of Edward Potter McAleer, 1940
Vought F4U Corsairs in Formation Over the South Pacific, 28 March 1944
Formation of Four F4U Corsair Fighters Over Pacific Atoll, WWII
F4U Corsairs on USS Boxer Flight Deck During Water Rescue, 19 May 1951
F4U Corsair Fighters on Carrier Flight Deck with Plane Guard Helicopter
