Title
Gene Valencia
Description
A posed, black and white photo of Eugene "Gene" Valencia of Fighting Squadron Nine (VF-9) wearing his leather flight jacket in the Ready Room of the USS Yorktown (CV-10). Valencia was the US Navy's third highest scoring Ace of World War II with 23 kills and the leader of a unit of four pilots nicknamed "Valencia's Flying Circus." No slouches either, the Flying Circus was credited with 50 confirmed air victories by war’s end.
Collection
Warren Tucker Collection
Context
Warren "Bill" Tucker was a Photographers Mate in the Naval Aviation Photographic Unit aboard the USS Yorktown (CV-10) during World War II.
Transferred aboard the USS Yorktown in 1944 with no photography experience, Seaman Tucker was assigned to the photo lab and found he had a talent for the work. Tucker received his promotion to Photographers Mate 3/c in 1945 with most of his work documenting the final days of World War II and the beginnings of Occupied Japan.
From the Collection of Warren Tucker.
Transferred aboard the USS Yorktown in 1944 with no photography experience, Seaman Tucker was assigned to the photo lab and found he had a talent for the work. Tucker received his promotion to Photographers Mate 3/c in 1945 with most of his work documenting the final days of World War II and the beginnings of Occupied Japan.
From the Collection of Warren Tucker.
Accession #
2024.3
