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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…

Photograph of a damaged General Motors TBM-3 Avenger aircraft on the USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1944-1945. Caption on album page: "Damaged torpedo plane from another carrier after landing on Essex."Part of a disassembled album containing materials…

Photograph of a Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft crashed nose down on the USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1944-1945. Inscription on verso: "Visiting F-6-F makes an embarrassing landing."Part of a disassembled album containing materials related to Paul J.…

Photograph of a General Motors TBM-3 Avenger aircraft (tail number 91) on the USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1944-1945. Inscription on verso: "Essex 1944 / TBM home to roost / B06."Part of a disassembled album containing materials related to Paul J.…

Photograph of a damaged Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft on the USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1944-1945. The aircraft is broken in half just past the cockpit.Inscription on verso: "Essex / AG-15 / Fractured fighter."Part of a disassembled album containing…

Photograph of 5-inch guns in action, USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1944-1945.Inscription on verso: "5-inch gun mounts in action."Part of a disassembled album containing materials related to Paul J. Madden's service with the U.S. Navy during World War II,…

Photograph of guns firing on Japanese forces, USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1944-1945.Inscription on verso: "Essex / Guns fireing [sic] at Japs / B04."Part of a disassembled album containing materials related to Paul J. Madden's service with the U.S. Navy…

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 damaged Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft with shredded wing fabric, USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1944-1945. The caption notes that the aircraft was shredded by the concussive force of the ship's 5-inch guns.Caption on album page: "Fabric on…