Title
Stephen D. Fitch and Richard L. Montfort in Front of USS Yorktown Score Boards
Description
Photo of Stephen D. Fitch (right) and Dick Montfort of the USS Intrepid (left) standing next to an Officers Only door beneath Air Groups Five and One kill boards. With his known artistic capabilities, Stephen Fitch was one of the men who would paint the updated marks on the score boards on the Yorktown (CV-10).
Inscription on back reads 'Dick Montfort and me.'
Inscription on back reads 'Dick Montfort and me.'
Collection
Stephen Fitch Collection
Context
Score boards or "Kill boards" were utilized by air groups to tally and track their accomplishments. Air groups competed with one another for bragging rights.
From the collection of Stephen Fitch, who was part of the inaugural crew and a plankowner of the USS Yorktown (CV-10).
Stephen Fitch was a Lt. Commander in the Engineering Department on the USS Yorktown (CV-10). An artist at heart, Fitch would draw both small cartoons and comics as well as detailed schematics of engine compartments and staterooms. Fitch is also the artist behind the squadron emblems on the flight deck killboards.
From the collection of Stephen Fitch, who was part of the inaugural crew and a plankowner of the USS Yorktown (CV-10).
Stephen Fitch was a Lt. Commander in the Engineering Department on the USS Yorktown (CV-10). An artist at heart, Fitch would draw both small cartoons and comics as well as detailed schematics of engine compartments and staterooms. Fitch is also the artist behind the squadron emblems on the flight deck killboards.
Accession #
2018.6
