[Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft being catapulted from USS Essex]
Title
[Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft being catapulted from USS Essex]
Description
Photograph of a Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft (tail number 15) being catapulted from the USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1944-1945.
Inscription on verso: "Essex / AG-15 / F6F being cataputed [sic]."
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
1944-1945 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_299