Photograph of General Motors TBM-3 Avenger aircraft of Air Group 83 in flight, circa 1944-1945Caption on album page: "Torpedo bombers of AG-83 are identified by destroyer 'pickets' miles from carrier group as the planes return from strike against the…
Photograph of a damaged Grumman F6F Hellcat about to be dropped overboard, USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1944-1945.Inscription on verso: "Preparing to give damaged F6F the 'Deep Six.'"Part of a disassembled album containing materials related to Paul J.…
Photograph of a Vought F4U Corsair aircraft (fuselage designation 228, tail code F) in flight, circa 1945. The caption verso notes that this image was taken from the USS Essex (CV-9) after the aircraft was waved off.Inscription on verso: "Essex --…
Photograph of the USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1945. Inscription on verso: "CV9 / 1945 / Brovira Special / 319 PE #2 / I03."Part of a disassembled album containing materials related to Paul J. Madden's service with the U.S. Navy during World War II, circa…
Photograph of Vought F4U Corsair aircraft slipping off the edge of the USS Essex (CV-9) during bad weather, circa January 1945. Inscription on verso: "F4U slipping over edge of flight deck / Weather is bad & gunnery dept. is in condition one. / Jan.…
Photograph of a Japanese kamikaze aircraft diving on the USS Essex (CV-9), March 19, 1945. The image was taken from the USS Astoria (CL-90).Inscription on verso: "Kamakazi [sic] diving on Essex, 3-19-45 -- 150 miles E. of Kyushu -- Taken from USS…
Photograph of the USS Essex (CV-9) surrounded by smoke from its antiaircraft guns, March 19, 1945. The image was taken from the USS Astoria (CL-90).Inscription on verso: "Essex partially obscured by smoke from its AA guns, 3-19-45, 150 miles from E.…
Photograph of the USS Essex (CV-9) under attack by kamikaze aircraft, March 19, 1945. The image was taken from the USS Astoria (CL-90).Inscription on verso: "Essex fighting off Jap Kamakazis [sic], 3-19-45 -- 150 miles E. of Kyush[sic]. Taken from…
Photograph of a Japanese kamikaze aircraft crashing near the USS Essex (CV-9), March 19, 1945. The image was taken from the USS Astoria (CL-90).Inscription on verso: "Kamakazi [sic] crashing off Essex port bow -- 150 miles E. of Kyushu -- Mar. 19,…