The History of Air Group Three - Part III: Combat Aboard USS Yorktown (CV-10)

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Name/Title

The History of Air Group Three - Part III: Combat Aboard USS Yorktown (CV-10)

Scope and Content

This section of Air Group Three's official history covers their time aboard the USS Yorktown (CV-10). Air Group Three was attached to the USS Yorktown (CV-10) from October 24, 1944, through March 1945

Context

Air Group Three was one of the Carrier Air Groups or C.A.G.'s attached to the USS Yorktown (CV-10) during the Second World War. Air Group Three was attached to the USS Yorktown from October 24, 1944, through March 1945. A carrier air group is made up of three parts, a fighter squadron, a bombing squadron, and a torpedo squadron. Grace was the Air Group's historian.

Collection

Pierre Grace Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2023.76

Source or Donor

Catherine Sounart

Acquisition Method

Donation

Update Date

July 1, 2025