PILOT'S BOOK.
signed Hardcover
1918
by U.S.ARMY, SIGNAL CORPS, AVIATION SECTION.
U.S. Army , 1918. Owner's name in ink top of front cover. Contains entries from 8/6/18 to 9/18/18 at Post Field, Ft. Sill, Oklahoma. While at Ft. Sill, this 2nd Lieutenant from Kansas worked on reconnaissance, infantry contact, puff target, sketching railroad yards, machine gun proficiency. He then transferred to the School of Aerial Gunnery at Selfride Field, Michigan from 9/30/18 to 10/19/18. All courses are listed, with hours spent, grading, signed by instructors. Laid-in are orders to report to Selfride Field and a letter dated October 19, 1918, naming the log's owner as being now rated as an Aerial Observer. A fine piece of aviation ephemera, from the Great War. We find only one other similar pilot's log for sale at this time.. Tan Cloth. Minor Edge Wear and Soiling.. Square Octavo. (Inventory #: 000220)