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Photograph of Curtiss SB2C Helldiver aircraft on the deck of the USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1943-1945. Caption on album page: "Dive bombers at rest."Part of a disassembled album containing materials related to Paul J. Madden's service with the U.S. Navy…

Photograph of a jeep towing a Curtiss SB2C Helldiver aircraft, USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1945. Inscription on verso: "Flight deck -- Essex -- Jeep towing dive bomber / C17."Caption on album page: "Jeep towing SB2C / 1945."Part of a disassembled album…

Photograph of three Curtiss SB2C Helldiver aircraft (fuselage numbers 313, 306, and 214) of Air Group 83 in flight, circa 1945. Inscription on verso: "SB2C's Air Group 83 / U.S.S. Essex / 1945."Caption on album page: "Curtis SB2C's of Air Group…

Photograph of five Curtiss SB2C Helldiver aircraft and six General Motors TBM Avenger aircraft in flight over Honshu, Japan, July 15, 1945. Caption: "Five SB2C's and six TBM's of Air Group 83 over northern Honshu. July 15, 1945."Part of a…

Photograph of a U.S. Navy serviceman with a Curtiss SB2C Helldiver aircraft, USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1943-1945.

Photograph of three Curtiss SB2C Helldiver aircraft (fuselage designations 313, 306, and 214) in flight, circa 1944-1945.

Photograph of five Curtiss SB2C Helldiver aircraft (fuselage designations 313, 306, 214, 204, and 308) in flight, circa 1944-1945.

Photograph of a serviceman running towards a U.S. Navy Curtiss SB2C Helldiver aircraft (tail number 207), USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1944-1945.

Photograph of three U.S. Navy Curtiss SB2C Helldiver aircraft (fuselage designations 315, 308, and 318) in flight, circa 1944-1945.

Photograph of a U.S. Navy General Motors TBM-3 Avenger aircraft (fuselage designation 118), circa 1944-1945.