[General Motors TBM Avenger aircraft taking off from USS Essex]

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Title

[General Motors TBM Avenger aircraft taking off from USS Essex]

Description

Photograph of a General Motors TBM Avenger aircraft taking off from the USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1944-1945.

Inscription on verso: "Torpedo plane taking off calm sea / E13."

Caption on album page: "Torpedo plane taking off -- Calm sea."

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

Extent

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

Language

Bibliographic Citation

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

Identifier

2023-08-10-A_image_392