[Mitsubishi A6M5 Reisen "Zero" aircraft diving towards USS Essex]
Title
[Mitsubishi A6M5 Reisen "Zero" aircraft diving towards USS Essex]
Description
Photograph of a Mitsubishi A6M5 Reisen "Zero" aircraft diving towards the USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1944-1945. The aircraft's tail is damaged.
Inscription on verso: "Jap diving on Essex / Missed / A10."
Caption on album page: "Jap suicide misses Essex -- Okinawa area."
Part of a disassembled album containing materials related to Paul J. Madden's service with the U.S. Navy during World War II, circa 1940-1995.
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_337