[Damaged Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft about to be dropped overboard]

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Title

[Damaged Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft about to be dropped overboard]

Description

Photograph of a damaged Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft (tail number 46) about to be dropped overboard, USS Essex (CV-9), 1944.

Caption: "'Tilley' on #2 elevator will drop damaged F6F over side. Essex -- 1944."

Date

1944

Extent

1 photograph : print, black and white ; 14 x 11 in

Language

Bibliographic Citation

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

Identifier

2023-08-10-A_image_528