The Snapshots in Time Collection
Ground Crew Servicing Radial Engine on Folded-Wing Marine Corsair Fighter, McAleer Collection, WWII
Ground crew perform engine maintenance on a folded-wing Corsair fighter while an aviator in a leather flight jacket looks on. This photograph from the Edward P. McAleer collection, a Marine Corps aviator with fighter squadron VMF-441, documents the routine but essential upkeep that kept Marine aircraft mission-ready during World War II. Project: 218148