[General Motors TBM Avenger aircraft being repositioned on flight deck]

Photograph of a General Motors TBM Avenger aircraft (nose number 305) being repositioned on the flight deck, USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1944-1945.

Inscription on verso: "Essex / Repositioning TBM's / B15."

Caption on album page: "Repositioning 'Avenger' torpedo bombers."

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.