The Snapshots in Time Collection
Gallery: McAleer Part A
Beginning with a 1942 Civilian Pilot Training class taught by future WASP Evelyn Sharp, this McAleer sequence follows young Americans from small-town streets and college snapshots into wartime flight lines, B-24 ramps, and Pacific squad tents. Memorial captions naming friends killed in action give the collection its quiet weight.
Ground Crew Loading Wing-Mounted Machine Guns, Single-Engine Fighter Aircraft -- Pat McAleer Album, 'How to Do It'
Ground Crew Loading Machine Gun Ammunition into Fighter Aircraft Wing, McAleer Collection
Civilian Pilot Training (C.P.T.) Camp Photographs, 1942 — Album Page
Serviceman Posing at Tent-Camp Quarters — Pat McAleer Personal Photo Album
Night Long-Exposure Photograph of Flag-Lined Walkway with Light Trail - McAleer Collection
Soldiers Sorting Gear at Fort Ord, 1942
Civilian Pilot Training Class of 1942 with Instructor Evelyn Sharp, McAleer Album
Group Portrait of Airmen with Light Liaison Aircraft at a Mountain-Ringed Airfield, McAleer Collection, WWII Era
Military Formation Photograph, Training Squadron at a Desert Airfield/Base, Pat McAleer Collection
Album Page: Airman in Aircraft Cockpit (Pacific Theater) and Gymnasium Rope-Climb Training, 1942
Fighter Pilot 1st Lt. J.A. Mitchell in Cockpit with Exposed Wing Armament, World War II
Rope Climb Physical Training Exercise, Military Gymnasium, WWII/Postwar Era
Civilian Pilot Training Program Snapshots, McAleer Photo Album
Flight Trainees with Light Civil Aircraft - McAleer Collection, WWII Era
Three Men with Biplane Primary Trainer at Desert Airfield, WWII Era
Civilian Pilot Training (C.P.T.) Program Album Page, 1942 - Pat McAleer Collection
Man Posing with Light Civil Aircraft, Piper Cub-type Monoplane, McAleer Photo Album
Ground Crew Performing Engine Removal/Maintenance on a Radial-Engine Trainer Aircraft
Young Man with Light Civilian Aircraft, McAleer Personal Photo Album
Snapshot: Fly-In Fishing and Hunting Camp Hangar Signage with Light Aircraft -- '...el Air Camp'
Naval Aviators in Ready Room, NAS Santa Barbara, 1945 - 'George Frank, The Thinker' - Pat McAleer Album
Fighter Pilots Playing Checkers in Squadron Ready Room, WWII
Vought F4U Corsair Fighter and Pilot Portrait, Personal Album Page (Pat McAleer Collection)
Vought F4U Corsair Fighter with Pilot, Pat McAleer Collection, WWII
USAF Fighter Pilot Exiting Cockpit of F-51 Mustang, Korean War Era
Scrapbook Page: VMF-112 Marine Aviators at MCAS Santa Barbara, 1943, with Jerry Miller (KIA Korea 1951)
Three Naval Aviators in Front of FG-1D Corsair, McAleer Photo Album
College Friends Album Page with 'Hawkes K.I.A. Pacific 1944' Memorial Caption, Pat McAleer Collection
Three Young Men with Sedan on Main Street, McAleer Family Album
Servicemen Shoveling Earth Near Wooden Building
Servicemen at the Skeet Range, Santa Barbara, California
Sailors and Aviators Skeet Shooting Aboard Ship, Pat McAleer Photo Album
WWII Photo Album Page: Civilian Pilot Training, Lone Pine California, and B-24 Liberator Squadron (Pat McAleer Collection)
Tent Interior with Serviceman Resting and Hanging Uniforms, Pacific Theater, WWII
Two Men Before Light Aircraft at Tunnel Air Camp Hangar
Three Servicemen in Casual Attire Outside Squad Tents, McAleer Collection
Line of Consolidated B-24 Liberator Heavy Bombers on Airfield Ramp, World War II
Album Page: VMF-112 Corsair at Santa Barbara and Portrait of Airman 'McAlister,' 1943
U.S. Navy Carrier Fighter (Grumman F6F Hellcat) with Wing Folded, Outside Hangar - McAleer Photo Album
Two Servicemen in Garrison Caps, McAleer Family Photo Album, WWII Era
Scrapbook Page: P-47 Thunderbolt Ground Crew and Airmen in Santa Barbara, McAleer Photo Album
Four Airmen with P-47-type Fighter "475," McAleer Collection, WWII
Two Aviators in A-2 Flight Jackets, Edward P. McAleer Collection
WWII Album Page: Flight Line at Santa Barbara, 1943, and Airman on P-47 Thunderbolt Wing
Line of Vought F4U/AU-1 Corsair Fighters on Airfield Ramp - Pat McAleer Collection, Korean War Era
USAAF Fighter Pilot Posed on Wing of P-47 Thunderbolt Fighter Aircraft
McAleer Family Photo Album Page — Marine Aviators at Santa Barbara and Pacific Encampment, WWII
Airman in Leather Flight Jacket with Squadron Patch, McAleer Collection
Two U.S. Army Air Forces Aviators in A-2 Flight Jackets, WWII Era
Group Portrait of Servicemen at Rest, Pacific Theater Tent Camp, World War II
Scrapbook Page: Marine Corps Wildcat Fighter, Crash News Clipping, and Aviator Portrait — Santa Barbara/Goleta, WWII
Grumman Wildcat Fighter 'S-78' in Flight, McAleer Collection, WWII Era