Title
USS Yorktown (CV-10) After Action Report for January 21, 1945
Description
After Action Report for the USS Yorktown (CV-10) and other ships within Task Force 38 as they engaged in combat with aerial forces in a raid on Formosa on January 21, 1945. The ships of the Task Forces are all given temporary, coded call signs with the Yorktown's being "Cobra."
Collection
Stephen Fitch Collection
Context
From the collection of Stephen Fitch, who was part of the inaugural crew and a plankowner of the USS Yorktown (CV-10). Fitch was friendly with most of the pilots aboard the USS Yorktown.
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.
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
