[Collision between Vought F4U Corsair aircraft and General Motors TBM Avenger aircraft]

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Title

[Collision between Vought F4U Corsair aircraft and General Motors TBM Avenger aircraft]

Description

Photograph of a collision between a Vought F4U Corsair aircraft (fuselage designation 180) and a General Motors TBM Avenger aircraft (fuselage number 183), USS Essex (CV-9), 1945.

Inscription on verso: "Essex -- 1945 / AG-83 F4U crash landing / Plane still moving -- hit TBM."

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

1945 circa

Extent

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

Language

English

Bibliographic Citation

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

Identifier

2023-08-10-A_image_265