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Contributing Institution:
San Diego Air and Space Museum Library and Archives
Title: Marc A. Mitscher Personal Papers
Identifier/Call Number: SDASM.SC.10099
Physical Description:
1.6 Cubic Feet
This is a four box collection. Three boxes measure 15 ½ x 10 ¼ x 5 inches. The fourth box is oversized and measures 15 ½ x
12 ¼ x 5 inches. The majority of the collection contains photographs, but there are some documents and personal papers relating
to Mitscher from the early 1900s to his death in 1947. Much of the focus is his early-aviation career and his WWII service
as Captain and Admiral in the US Navy.
Date (bulk): 1887-1947
Abstract: Admiral Marc Mitscher had long and distinguished career in the US Navy as both aviator and ship commander. Mitscher's strategies
were crucial to the Allied forces during WWII.
Language of Material:
English
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This collection is open to the public by appointment.
For copyright and use restrictions please consult the library director.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection of materials was donated to the San Diego Air and Space Museum.
[Item], Marc Mitscher Personal Papers, Archives, San Diego Air & Space Museum
Admiral Marc Mitscher had long and distinguished career in the US Navy as both aviator and ship commander. Mitscher's strategies
were crucial to the Allied forces during WWII.
Admiral Marc Andrew Mitscher was born in Hillsboro, Wisconsin. After graduating from the US Naval Academy in 1910, Mitscher
reported for aviation training aboard the USS North Carolina, one of the first ships to carry aircraft. He was designated
Naval Aviator #33 on June 2, 1916. Over the next two decades, Mitscher advanced through varied assignments, including Bureau
of Aeronautics and on two US Aircraft Carriers. He continued to advance the science of aeronautics through his leadership
in the development of mass flights over water and techniques of carrier-based aviation.
Mitscher assumed command of the USS Hornet in October 1941. On April 18, 1942, Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle and his squadron launched
the raid on Tokyo from the deck of the Hornet. Mitscher had enormous strategic success with Naval Aviation commands from the
Solomons to the Central and Western Pacific, culminating in the leadership of Task Force 58.
Mitscher died February 3, 1947, while in command of the Atlantic Fleet.
Description: This is a four box collection. Three boxes measure 15 ½ x 10 ¼ x 5 inches. The fourth box is oversized and measures
15 ½ x 12 ¼ x 5 inches.
Content notes: The majority of the collection contains photographs, but there are some documents and personal papers relating
to Mitscher from the early 1900s to his death in 1947. Much of the focus is his early-aviation career and his WWII service
as Captain and Admiral in the US Navy.
There are five oversized items in the Oversized Materials Special Collection (OMSC_00001). Three of them are panoramic photographs
(00836, 00837, 00838). One of them is a map (00739). The last is a shellback certificate (00358).
Admiral Mitscher's insignia is in curatorial possession, and it is on display in the Museum's World War II gallery.
Mitscher Bio File;
Oral History call number AS-VT-1845
Al-160: Doolittle Raid images.
Hall of Fame Special Collection
Subjects and Indexing Terms
United States Navy
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area
World War, 1939-1945
USS Hornet (CV-12)
Tokyo (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1942
Naval Aviation