The Don Englebreston Collection

USAF Pilot's Individual Flight Record (Form 5) — Maj. Dean E. DeTar, A-1 Skyraider Flight Log, December 1969

USAF Pilot's Individual Flight Record (Form 5) — Maj. Dean E. DeTar, A-1 Skyraider Flight Log, December 1969

This USAF 'Pilots Individual Flight Record' documents the December 1969 combat flying activity of Major Dean E. DeTar, an A-1 Skyraider pilot. The typewritten log lists individual sorties flown in A-1H and A-1J aircraft, recording day and night flight hours, landings, and mission types. Summary totals at the bottom show DeTar's accumulated career flight time of over 3,064 hours, including 346 combat hours. Administrative records like this one provide a detailed, verifiable record of individual pilots' wartime service and flying careers during the Vietnam War. Project: 218922