Name/Title
Elisha "Smokey" Stover as a Teenager with the Stover Girls and Clarice KidDescription
Smokey Stover with three Stover cousins: Frances, Margaret, and Louise. Also in the picture is a little girl only referred to as Clarice Kid.Context
Elisha Terrill "Smokey" Stover was a F4F Wildcat pilot with VF-8 on the USS Hornet (CV-8) and VF-5 aboard the USS Saratoga (CV-3) and later at Guadalcanal in 1942 where he downed 4 Japanese planes earning the Air Medal. Transferred aboard the USS Yorktown (CV-10) as a Fighter Director Officer in CIC in 1944, he appeared in scenes of "The Fighting Lady" and later returned to flight status with VF-5 when he was shot down over Truk Atoll on February 16, 1944.Collection
Smokey Stover Collection, USS Yorktown CV-10Acquisition
Accession
2001.0001Source or Donor
Margaret Stover BraswellAcquisition Method
GiftUpdate Date
October 5, 2026
