[Supermarine Spitfire crashed nose-first into deck of USS Essex]

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Title

[Supermarine Spitfire crashed nose-first into deck of USS Essex]

Description

Photograph of a Royal Air Force Supermarine Spitfire crashed nose-first into the deck of the USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1944-1945.

Caption on album page: "British Spitfire visits Essex."

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 ; 7 x 5 in

Language

Bibliographic Citation

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

Identifier

2023-08-10-A_image_393