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[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…

[Photographer Joe Rosenthal taking picture of David McCampbell]
Photograph of Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal taking a picture of David McCampbell in his Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft, USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1944-1945.Caption on album page: "Joe Rosenthal taking pic of D. McCampbell."Part of a…

[Oscar I. Chenoweth, Adrian O. Van Wyen, and Hamilton McWhorter oral history interviews]
This recording contains one-on-one interviews with fighter aces Oscar I. Chenoweth and Hamilton McWhorter and with historian Adrian O. Van Wyen. Chenoweth and McWhorter discuss their military service with the United States Navy during World War II,…

[Navy servicemen with Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft and McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II aircraft]
Photographic group portrait of U.S. Navy servicemen with a Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft (fuselage number 35) and a McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II aircraft (tail number 3842, tail code NL), circa 1978. Item from a disassembled scrapbook documenting…

[Navy pilots with Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft]
Photographic group portrait of U.S. Navy pilots with a Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft, circa 1943-1946.

[Navy pilots in front of Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft]
Photographic group portrait of U.S. Navy pilots in front of a Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft, circa 1943-1946.Item from a disassembled scrapbook documenting the U.S. Navy career of Elvin L. Lindsay, circa 1944-1947

[Mayo A. "Mike" Hadden, Jr. oral history interview (Part 3 of 4)]
In this four-part oral history, fighter ace Mayo A. “Mike” Hadden, Jr. discusses his military service with the United States Navy during World War II. In part three, he continues to describe his wartime experiences as a fighter pilot with Fighting…

[Mayo A. "Mike" Hadden, Jr. oral history interview (Part 2 of 4)]
In this four-part oral history, fighter ace Mayo A. “Mike” Hadden, Jr. discusses his military service with the United States Navy during World War II. In part two, he continues to describe his wartime experiences as a fighter pilot with Fighting…

[Landing signal officer waving off Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft]
Photograph of a landing signal officer waving off a Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft, USS Essex (CV-9), 1944. Caption: "Hellcat taking 'wave off'. Essex, 1944."

[Landing signal officer waving off Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft]
Photograph of a landing signal officer waving off a Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft, USS Essex (CV-9), 1944. Inscription on verso: "Essex / F6F wave off / C06." Part of a disassembled album containing materials related to Paul J. Madden's service with…
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