[Curtiss SB2C Helldiver aircraft preparing to be catapulted]
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
Subject
Extent
1 photograph : print, black and white ; 10 x 8 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_263
Collection Organization
- [Unavailable]