[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 of Formosa / Jap torpedo plane making run on Essex. / Below plane is his torpedo."

Caption on album page: "Torpedo attack against Essex -- Dusk -- 10-14-44 / Pics shot thru photo-lab porthole."

Part of a disassembled album containing materials related to Paul J. Madden's service with the U.S. Navy during World War II, circa 1940-1945.