Elisha Smokey Stover Standing in Front of a Stearman Biplane

Name/Title

Elisha "Smokey" Stover Standing in Front of a Stearman Biplane

Description

In this photograph Elisha "Smokey" Stover can be seen with a Stearman biplane.

Context

Smokey Stover was a naval aviator who was stationed aboard the USS Yorktown (CV-10) and was lost during the American raid on Truk in February of 1944. The Stearman Biplane was the go-to training aircraft for both the United States Army Air Corps and the Navy throughout the Second World War.

Collection

Smokey Stover Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2023.73

Acquisition Method

Found in Collection

Update Date

August 2, 2024