[Japanese aircraft dropping torpedo near the USS Essex]
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
Subject
Extent
1 photograph : print, black and white ; 7 x 5 in
Format
Language
Rights
Bibliographic Citation
The Paul J. Madden World War II Photograph Collection/The Museum of Flight
Identifier
2023-08-10-A_image_117