[Vought F4U Corsair aircraft slipping off edge of USS Essex]

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Photograph of Vought F4U Corsair aircraft slipping off the edge of the USS Essex (CV-9) during bad weather, circa January 1945.

Inscription on verso: "F4U slipping over edge of flight deck / Weather is bad & gunnery dept. is in condition one. / Jan. 1945."

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.

1945-01 circa

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

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

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