Browse Items (121 total)
- Collection: Box: 2, Folder: 1-5 - Photograph album A, 1940-1945, undated (circa 1940s)
[Mechanics with Curtiss SB2C Helldiver aircraft]
![[Mechanics with Curtiss SB2C Helldiver aircraft]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/510f58de021f50bc6d3003693f724f66.jpg "[Mechanics with Curtiss SB2C Helldiver aircraft]")
Photographic group portrait of U.S. Navy mechanics with a Curtiss SB2C Helldiver aircraft, USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1943-1945. Inscription on verso: "Dive bomber mechanics / 23 / B03."Caption on album page: "Dive bomber mechanics."Part of a…
[Curtiss SB2C Helldiver aircraft in flight]
![[Curtiss SB2C Helldiver aircraft in flight]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/60536aa37b25f337f97f6e3f156e8529.jpg "[Curtiss SB2C Helldiver aircraft in flight]")
Photograph of U.S. Navy Curtiss SB2C Helldiver aircraft (fuselage designations 308, 204, 214, 306, and 313) in flight, circa 1943-1945. Caption on album page: "Curtis [sic] SB2C-4's."Part of a disassembled album containing materials related to Paul…
[Curtiss SB2C Helldiver aircraft on deck of USS Essex]
![[Curtiss SB2C Helldiver aircraft on deck of USS Essex]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/e3152872e4c478d9a11ddcd02ca368bb.jpg "[Curtiss SB2C Helldiver aircraft on deck of USS Essex]")
Photograph of Curtiss SB2C Helldiver aircraft on the deck of the USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1943-1945. Caption on album page: "Dive bombers at rest."Part of a disassembled album containing materials related to Paul J. Madden's service with the U.S. Navy…
[Jeep towing Curtiss SB2C Helldiver aircraft]
![[Jeep towing Curtiss SB2C Helldiver aircraft]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/39baf5d8c90f9a1986507df2de699734.jpg "[Jeep towing Curtiss SB2C Helldiver aircraft]")
Photograph of a jeep towing a Curtiss SB2C Helldiver aircraft, USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1945. Inscription on verso: "Flight deck -- Essex -- Jeep towing dive bomber / C17."Caption on album page: "Jeep towing SB2C / 1945."Part of a disassembled album…
[Servicemen unfolding wings of Vought F4U Corsair aircraft]
![[Servicemen unfolding wings of Vought F4U Corsair aircraft]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/cacfcd4a2f11208136c6858e37fd5080.jpg "[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…
[Curtiss SB2C Helldiver aircraft of Air Group 83 in flight]
![[Curtiss SB2C Helldiver aircraft of Air Group 83 in flight]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/26aeb156e5909d692e8e679d762b3473.jpg "[Curtiss SB2C Helldiver aircraft of Air Group 83 in flight]")
Photograph of three Curtiss SB2C Helldiver aircraft (fuselage numbers 313, 306, and 214) of Air Group 83 in flight, circa 1945. Inscription on verso: "SB2C's Air Group 83 / U.S.S. Essex / 1945."Caption on album page: "Curtis SB2C's of Air Group…
[Servicemen operating 40mm antiaircraft guns on USS Essex]
![[Servicemen operating 40mm antiaircraft guns on USS Essex]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/09b3e363f794c15766e309f511f3a3cd.jpg "[Servicemen operating 40mm antiaircraft guns on USS Essex]")
Photograph of U.S. Navy servicemen operating 40mm antiaircraft guns on the USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1943-1945.
Caption on album page: "40 mm gunners in action."
Part of a disassembled album containing materials related to Paul J. Madden's service with…
[Japanese torpedo bomber aircraft flying toward USS Essex]
![[Japanese torpedo bomber aircraft flying toward USS Essex]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/8aadea183858e57fb757ec43f5c41b8e.jpg "[Japanese torpedo bomber aircraft flying toward USS Essex]")
Photograph of a Japanese torpedo bomber aircraft flying toward the USS Essex (CV-9), October 14, 1944. The USS Massachusetts (BB-59) is visible in the background.
Inscription on verso: "Torpedo plane as seen from Essex. / Massachusetts in background…
[Japanese torpedo aircraft on fire while in flight above USS Washington]
![[Japanese torpedo aircraft on fire while in flight above USS Washington]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/9f5a98201ee21a8e125e0b877e1af38d.jpg "[Japanese torpedo aircraft on fire while in flight above USS Washington]")
Photograph of a Japanese torpedo aircraft on fire while in flight above the USS Washington (BB-56), October 1944. Inscription on verso: "10-12-44 / G20."Caption on album page: "Jap torpedo plane heading for Essex bursts into flames astern of USS…
[Japanese torpedo bomber aircraft making attack run on USS Essex]
![[Japanese torpedo bomber aircraft making attack run on USS Essex]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/389f0245e45ddfbd7ed98b14a445c4ea.jpg "[Japanese torpedo bomber aircraft making attack run on USS Essex]")
Photograph of a Japanese torpedo bomber aircraft making an attack run on the USS Essex (CV-9), October 14, 1944. The caption notes that the scene was photographed through the porthole of the Essex's photo lab.
Inscription on verso: "Oct. 1944 / Dusk…