[Curtiss SB2C Helldiver aircraft preparing to be catapulted]

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Title

[Curtiss SB2C Helldiver aircraft preparing to be catapulted]

Description

Photograph of a Curtiss SB2C Helldiver aircraft preparing to be catapulted, USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1943-1945.

Inscription on verso: "Ship turning into the wind to catapult plans [planes]."

Caption on album page: "Ship turning into the wind to catapult planes."

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.

Date

1943-1945 circa

Extent

1 photograph : print, black and white ; 10 x 8 in

Language

Bibliographic Citation

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

Identifier

2023-08-10-A_image_263

Collection Organization

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