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Photograph of a Vought F4U Corsair aircraft (tail number 177) taking off from the USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1944-1945.

Photograph of a Vought F4U Corsair aircraft (fuselage designation 94) taxiing to join other recently-landed Corsairs, USS Essex (CV-9), 1945.Caption: "F4U fighter folding wings and taxiing forward to join other planes that have just landed. U.S.S.…

Photograph of a Vought F4U-1D Corsair aircraft (fuselage desgination 182) taking off from the USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1944-1945.

Photograph of a U.S. Navy Vought SB2U Vindicator aircraft (fuselage designation 2-B-16), Naval Air Station Norfolk, Virginia, circa 1940. An emblem depicting a knight riding a Pegasus is painted on the fuselage.Inscription on verso: "N.A.S. Norfolk /…

Photograph of a U.S. Navy Vought SB2U Vindicator aircraft, Naval Air Station Norfolk, Virginia, circa 1940.

Photograph of a Waco ASO aircraft (wing number NC11253), circa 1944-1956.

Photograph of a water plume near a ship, likely caused by an exploding bomb or a crashed aircraft, circa 1944-1945. Inscription on verso: "CV-9."

Composite photograph of a U.S. Navy pilot inset among images of aircraft and a ship, circa 1943-1945.Caption: "1,000,000th landing / Mad Mediterranean."

Photograph (reproduction of photomechanical print) of U.S. Navy servicemen manning battle stations on the USS Essex (CV-9), 1945.Caption: "Essex repelling attack -- Okinawa, 1945."

Drawing of an aircraft shooting a bomb at a crowd gathered on the deck of a ship, circa 1944-1945. Text: "If they don't have to be on Fly 2 keep the hell off! / They never believe it possible until it happens."Inscription on verso: "By an illustrator…