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Photograph of a U.S. Navy General Motors TBM-3 Avenger aircraft (nose number 411) landing on the USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1944.

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

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

Photograph of a U.S. Navy Curtiss SB2C Helldiver aircraft (tail number 51) landing on the USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1944.

Photograph of a Curtiss SB2C Helldiver aircraft (tail number 51) of Carrier Air Group 15, U.S. Navy, landing on the USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1944.Inscription on verso of duplicate print: "Essex -- 1944 / AG-15 SB2C."

Photograph of a U.S. Navy General Motors TBM-3 Avenger aircraft in flight, circa 1944-1945.

Photograph of a U.S. Navy General Motors TBM-3 Avenger aircraft (fuselage designation 417, nose designation "Satan's Helper") in flight, circa 1944-1945. The aircraft's nose art depicts a woman in a martini glass.

Photograph of a U.S. Navy aircraft in flight over two ships, circa 1944-1945.

Photograph of a General Motors TBM-3 Avenger aircraft in flight, circa 1944-1945.

Photograph of a U.S. Navy Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat aircraft, USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1944-1945.