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[Servicemen folding wings of Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft]
Photograph of U.S. Navy servicemen folding the wings of a Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft (fuselage designation 118, tail code F), USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1944-1945.Inscription on verso: "Essex / AG-83 F6F / Folding wings of taxiing fighter."Part of a…

[Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft being catapulted from USS Essex]
Photograph of a Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft (tail number 15) being catapulted from the USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1944-1945.Inscription on verso: "Essex / AG-15 / F6F being cataputed [sic]."Part of a disassembled album containing materials related to…

[Aircraft on deck of USS Essex]
Photograph of aircraft on the deck of the USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1944-1945. The aircraft in the foreground are Grumman F6F Hellcats. Inscription on verso: "Essex full deck."

[Fighting Squadron 19 (VF-19) fighter aces with Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft]
Photographic group portrait of Fighting Squadron 19 (VF-19) fighter aces with a Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft, circa 1944-1945. The men are identified in the verso inscription. Inscription on verso: "10 out of 12 VF-19 Aces. Sitting reading right:…

[Elvin L. Lindsay in cockpit of Grumman F6F Hellcat]
Photograph of fighter ace Elvin L. Lindsay in the cockpit of his Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft, circa 1944-1945.Inscription on verso: "Lin."

[Grumman F6F Hellcat in flight]
Photograph of a U.S. Navy Grumman F6F Hellcat (tail code Z-28) in flight, circa 1944-1945.

[Serviceman securing Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft during typhoon]
Photograph of a U.S. Navy serviceman securing a Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft during a typhoon, USS Essex (CV-9), December 18, 1944. Caption on album page: "Plane captain securing F6F in typhoon."Part of a disassembled album containing materials…

[Serviceman securing Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft]
Photograph of a serviceman securing a Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft, USS Essex (CV-9), December 1944.Inscription on negative envelope: "Essex -- Dec. 1944 / Securing F.6.F in typhoon."

[Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft crashed nose down on USS Essex]
Photograph of a Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft crashed nose down on the USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1944. The pilot is still in the cockpit.Inscription on verso: "D-13 / (Cropped?)."Part of a disassembled album containing materials related to Paul J.…

[Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft in flight after catapult launch]
Photograph of a U.S. Navy Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft in flight after a catapult launch, USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1944.Inscription on verso: "F6F catapulted from Essex / 1944 / B18."Part of a disassembled album containing materials related to Paul J.…
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