Browse Items (151 total)
- Collection: Box: 2, Folder: 6; Box: 3, Folder: 1-5 - Photograph album B, 1940-1995, undated (circa 1940s)
[Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft crashed nose down on USS Essex]
![[Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft crashed nose down on USS Essex]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/886cc2b04461ee73802d7912f606d171.jpg "[Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft crashed nose down on USS Essex]")
Photograph of a Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft crashed nose down on the USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1944. The pilot is still in the cockpit.Inscription on verso: "D-13 / (Cropped?)."Part of a disassembled album containing materials related to Paul J.…
[W. Hicks, Paul J. Madden, and Joe Rosenthal on USS Essex]
![[W. Hicks, Paul J. Madden, and Joe Rosenthal on USS Essex]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/a4e49982de1e1410bc5501e86227ef19.jpg "[W. Hicks, Paul J. Madden, and Joe Rosenthal on USS Essex]")
Photograph of U.S. Navy photographers W. Hicks and Paul J. Madden (center) and Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal (in glasses) on the USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1944. Other servicemen are gathered in the background.Caption on album page: "W.…
[General Motors TBM Avenger aircraft taking off from USS Essex]
![[General Motors TBM Avenger aircraft taking off from USS Essex]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/d99eb9ee08e52af9764ee0067e5e8e6f.jpg "[General Motors TBM Avenger aircraft taking off from USS Essex]")
Photograph of a General Motors TBM Avenger aircraft taking off from the USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1944.Inscription on verso: "Torpedo plane (TBM) leaving Essex -- 1944 / E02."Caption on album page: "Torpedo plane (TBM) leaving Essex -- 1944."Part of a…
[Fantail of Navy destroyer]
![[Fantail of Navy destroyer]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/56c45f55dc70205a17e76011186b4a6a.jpg "[Fantail of Navy destroyer]")
Photograph of the fantail of a U.S. Navy destroyer, circa 1944. Caption on album page: "Looking down on fantail of Sumner-class destroyer."Part of a disassembled album containing materials related to Paul J. Madden's service with the U.S. Navy during…
[Aerial view of USS Essex with full flight deck of aircraft]
![[Aerial view of USS Essex with full flight deck of aircraft]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/f5e26b50cd73821701afdb0b687d5cb9.jpg "[Aerial view of USS Essex with full flight deck of aircraft]")
Oblique aerial photograph of the USS Essex (CV-9) with a full flight deck of aircraft, circa 1944.Inscription on verso: "Essex full deck 1944 / D24."Captions on album page: "Essex -- full deck -- 1944 / Sun bathers on way home -- Sept.1945."Part of a…
[Japanese ship surrounded by bomb explosions]
![[Japanese ship surrounded by bomb explosions]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/f3d19aaf6a86f6e69962ca89a69f4c2d.jpg "[Japanese ship surrounded by bomb explosions]")
Photograph of a Japanese ship surrounded by bomb explosions, Battle of the Philippine Sea, June 1944.Caption on album page: "Near miss on Jap cruiser / Battle of Philipine [sic] Sea."Part of a disassembled album containing materials related to Paul…
[General Motors TBM Avenger aircraft in flight]
![[General Motors TBM Avenger aircraft in flight]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/a2314fb95b9375c335bc1a407c822867.jpg "[General Motors TBM Avenger aircraft in flight]")
Photograph of U.S. Navy General Motors TBM Avenger aircraft (fuselage designations 7, 13, 16, 8) in flight, Guam, July 1944.Inscription on verso: "D-Day Guam / July 1944 / Torpedo planes from Essex / Guam in background / D32."Caption on album page:…
[Ships in harbor]
![[Ships in harbor]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/c64085e52965a59aa21fec83623484d9.jpg "[Ships in harbor]")
Photographs (two, taped together) of ships in a harbor, Saipan, July 28, 1944.Inscription on verso: "Essex spent one day here to load bombs / I18."Inscription on verso: "U.S.S. Cabana / July 28, 1944 / I19."Stamped on verso: "[crossed out: 'Tincan']…
[Mitsubishi A6M Reisen "Zero/Zeke" aircraft releasing bomb]
![[Mitsubishi A6M Reisen "Zero/Zeke" aircraft releasing bomb]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/0f29e7b0920225b4b0fecc67ad195995.jpg "[Mitsubishi A6M Reisen "Zero/Zeke" aircraft releasing bomb]")
Photograph of a Mitsubishi A6M Reisen "Zero/Zeke" aircraft releasing a bomb, October 24, 1944. The image was taken from the USS Essex (CV-9).Inscription on verso: "'Zeke' / 10-24-44 / 200 miles E. off Luzon / Bomb has just been released -- Both bomb…
[USS Essex after being hit by Japanese kamikaze aircraft]
![[USS Essex after being hit by Japanese kamikaze aircraft]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/cdfce526d6345102231a5bb2038f83f2.jpg "[USS Essex after being hit by Japanese kamikaze aircraft]")
Photograph of the USS Essex (CV-9) after being hit by a Japanese kamikaze aircraft, circa November 25, 1944. A serviceman is working to extinguish the flames. The USS Langley (CVL-27) is visible in the background.Caption on album page: "Essex --…