Captioned 'My Second Navy Group,' this scrapbook page follows a later class of V-5 Naval Aviation Cadet candidates through primary flight instruction. The partial lettering visible on the biplane's fuselage points to one of the many civilian flying schools contracted to conduct elimination training for the Navy during the early years of American involvement in World War II. The instructor's warm, personal notations, 'my shadow,' 'a dear kid', reflect the close mentorship between flight instructors and the young men whose performance here would determine their advancement toward Naval aviator wings. Project: 218571