[Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft crashed nose down on USS Essex]
Title
[Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft crashed nose down on USS Essex]
Description
Photograph of a Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft crashed nose down on the USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1944. The pilot is still in the cockpit.
Inscription on verso: "AG-15 F6F / Essex / 1944."
Caption on album page: "Bad landing."
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 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_307