[Curtiss SB2C Helldiver aircraft preparing to be catapulted]

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.