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[Servicemen working on Vought F4U Corsair aircraft]
Photograph of two servicemen working on a Vought F4U Corsair aircraft (fuselage designation 63), USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1944-1945.

[Servicemen unfolding wings of Vought F4U Corsair aircraft]
Photograph of U.S. Navy servicemen unfolding the wings of a Vought F4U Corsair aircraft, USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1943-1945. Inscription on verso: "Essex / F4U spreading wings and moving into launch position / C03."Caption on album page: "F4U…

[servicemen pulling Vought F4U Corsair aircraft away from edge of flight deck]
Photograph of U.S. Navy servicemen pulling a Vought F4U Corsair aircraft away from the edge of the flight deck, USS Essex (CV-9), January 1945.Caption: "Errant F4U of AG-4 being pulled from edge of flight deck. Helmuts [sic] and flash gear on men…

[Servicemen moving damaged Vought F4U Corsair aircraft]
Photograph of U.S. Navy servicemen moving a damaged Vought F4U Corsair aircraft, USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1943-1945. Inscription on verso: "AG-15 / F4U / Essex / Brovira -- Speed / BS-319 / PE #2 / D07." Part of a disassembled album containing…

[Servicemen gathered around crashed F4U Corsair aircraft]
Photograph of servicemen gathered around a crashed F4U Corsair aircraft (tail number 170), USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1944-1945.

[Servicemen extinguishing fire from crashed Vought F4U Corsair aircraft]
Photograph of U.S. Navy servicemen extinguishing a fire from a crashed Vought F4U Corsair aircraft, USS Essex (CV-9) circa 1943-1945. The caption information notes that the Corsair skidded on the wet deck during takeoff.Inscription on verso: "Essex /…

[Remi Charles O'Connor in flight gear seated on wing of Vought F4U Corsair aircraft]
Photograph of Remi Charles O'Connor in flight gear seated on the wing of a Vought F4U Corsair aircraft, February 1944. Inscription on verso: "Remi & F4U. Feb. 1944."

[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,…

[Nose art for Vought F4U Corsair aircraft "Chow Hound"]
Photograph of the nose art for "Chow Hound," a Vought F4U Corsair aircraft of Carrier Air Group 83, U.S. Navy,, circa 1944-1945. The art depicts a menu listing "Tojo on Toast," "Meatballs," and "Banzei Salad."inscription on verso: "Fighter's menu /…

[Marine Corps pilots at decoration ceremony, Vella Lavella, Solomon Islands]
Photograph of U.S. Marine Corps pilots at a decoration ceremony, Vella Lavella, Solomon Islands, November 20, 1943. A Vought F4U Corsair is visible in the background. The men, including O. Keith Williams, are identified in the verso caption. Typed on…
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