[Japanese kamikaze aircraft dropping a bomb]

Photograph of a Japanese kamikaze aircraft dropping bomb, March 19, 1945. The image was taken from the USS Essex (CV-9).

Inscription on verso: "19 March 1945 / 150 miles E. of Kyushu / Dot at tail of suicide is bomb just being released / Both bomb and plane missed Essex."

Caption on album page: "3/19/45 / Object beneath tail of suicide plane is bomb being released / Both missed 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.