Aubrey Fitch Photographs | World War II Database

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Aubrey Fitch’s photo from the Naval Academy’s 1906 ‘Lucky Bag’ yearbook.	Rear Admiral Royal Eason Ingersoll, Captain Aubrey Fitch, and other Naval officers in parade dress at Pensacola, Florida, United States, Apr 1939.

Portrait of Vice Admiral Aubrey Fitch, circa 1942.	Rear Admiral Aubrey Fitch in flying helmet and goggles, circa 1942.

Flag officers aboard USS Enterprise being welcomed back to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii 5 Feb 1942 after the Marshalls-Gilberts Raids. VAdm William Halsey (center) with RAdm’s Aubrey Fitch and Raymond Spruance at each end.	United States Navy Admiral Chester Nimitz, left center, speaking to Rear Admiral Aubrey Fitch on the flight deck of USS Saratoga at Pearl Harbor while an Army Major General, far left, looks on, circa 1942.

Rear Admiral David Bagley, Commander Hawaiian Sea Frontier; Admiral Chester Nimitz; Army Major General Delos Emmons, Military Governor of Hawaii; and Rear Admiral Aubrey Fitch aboard USS Saratoga, 16 Jun 1942.	US Navy Rear Admiral John McCain, left, is relieved by Rear Admiral Aubrey Fitch as Commander, Aircraft, South Pacific, 20 Sep 1942

Vice Admiral Aubrey Fitch, right, boards a PBY-5A on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, after an inspection visit, May 1943. The others are USMC BGen Francis Mulcahy, USN RAdm Charles Mason, and Army MGen Alexander Patch.	Headquarters of Commander, Air, South Pacific on Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, 16 Jun 1943, with USMC MGen Ralph Mitchell, USMC MGen Holland Smith, Adm Chester Nimitz, VAdm Aubrey Fitch, and Adm William Halsey in front.

Army MGen Maxwell Murray and VAdm Aubrey Fitch at the Luganville Airfield at Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides awaiting first lady Eleanor Roosevelt on her tour of the South Pacific on behalf of the Red Cross, 14 Sep 1943.	First lady Eleanor Roosevelt upon arrival at Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides during her tour of the South Pacific on behalf of the Red Cross, 14 Sep 1943. She is flanked by VAdm Aubrey Fitch and MGen Maxwell Murray.

First lady Eleanor Roosevelt, center, upon arrival at Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides during her tour of the South Pacific on behalf of the Red Cross, 14 Sep 1943. Vice-Admiral Aubrey Fitch is to her left.	United States Navy Vice Admiral Aubrey Fitch walking with Eleanor Roosevelt during the first lady’s tour of the South Pacific on behalf of the Red Cross, 14 Sep 1943, Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides.

At Nimitz’ headquarters in Pearl Harbor are VAdm William Calhoun, VAdm John Towers, Adm Chester Nimitz, VAdm Robert Ghormley, and VAdm Aubrey Fitch, 14 Nov 1943. All but Nimitz were classmates at the Naval Academy.	US Navy Rear Admiral Aaron S. Merrill receiving the Navy Cross award from Vice Admiral Aubrey W. Fitch on the after deck of USS Montpelier, Tulagi Harbor, Solomon Islands, 11 Dec 1943

On behalf of the United States Navy, Vice Admiral Aubrey Fitch receives a plaque from appreciative Solomon Islanders on Guadalcanal, 25 Jan 1944.	United States Navy Vice-Admirals Aubrey Fitch (left) and John McCain on the occasion of Fitch relieving McCain as the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Air, Washington DC, United States, 1 Aug 1944.

High-level Naval conference in San Francisco in late 1944 including Adm Raymond Spruance, Adm Ernest King, RAdm Charles Cooke, Navy Secretary James Forrestal, VAdm Randall Jacobs, Adm Chester Nimitz, VAdm Aubrey Fitch.	Official portrait of Vice-Admiral Aubrey Fitch, 18 Mar 1946.

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