[Japanese aircraft dropping torpedo near the USS Essex]

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Title

[Japanese aircraft dropping torpedo near the USS Essex]

Description

Photograph of a Japanese aircraft dropping a torpedo near the USS Essex (CV-9), October 1944. The USS Massachusetts (BB-59) is visible on the left. The verso inscription notes that the image was taken through the porthole of the Essex's photography lab.

Inscription on verso: "Oct. 1944 / Dusk off Formosa / Jap torpedo plane just after dropping torpedo at Essex / Battleship Massachusetts in background / Picture taken thru porthole in photo-lab on Essex."

Date

1944-10

Extent

1 photograph : print, black and white ; 7 x 5 in

Language

Bibliographic Citation

The Paul J. Madden World War II Photograph Collection/The Museum of Flight

Identifier

2023-08-10-A_image_117