[Servicemen folding wings of Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft]

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Title

[Servicemen folding wings of Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft]

Description

Photograph of U.S. Navy servicemen folding the wings of a Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft (fuselage designation 118, tail code F), USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1944-1945.

Inscription on verso: "Essex / AG-83 F6F / Folding wings of taxiing fighter."

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

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_302