[Aerial view of USS Essex with full flight deck of aircraft]

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Title

[Aerial view of USS Essex with full flight deck of aircraft]

Description

Oblique aerial photograph of the USS Essex (CV-9) with a full flight deck of aircraft, circa 1944.

Inscription on verso: "Essex full deck 1944 / D24."

Captions on album page: "Essex -- full deck -- 1944 / Sun bathers on way home -- Sept.1945."

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 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_443