[General Motors TBM Avenger aircraft on final approach to USS Essex]

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Title

[General Motors TBM Avenger aircraft on final approach to USS Essex]

Description

Photograph of a General Motors TBM Avenger aircraft on final approach to the USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1944-1945. One of the landing gear wheels is still in the up position.

Inscription on verso: "38 / TBM landing with one wheel up / E18."

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

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_366