[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 / Off Formosa -- at dusk / 10-12-44 / G21."

Caption on album page: "Dusk, Oct. 14, 1944, about 100 miles east of Formosa. Jap Torpedo plane making run on Essex. U.S.S. Massachusetts in background."

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.