[40mm antiaircraft gun on USS Essex firing at kamikaze aircraft]
Title
[40mm antiaircraft gun on USS Essex firing at kamikaze aircraft]
Description
Photograph of a 40mm antiaircraft gun on the USS Essex (CV-9) firing at a Japanese kamikaze aircraft, May 14, 1945.
Caption on envelope: "Japanese suicide heading for C-VL ahead of Essex bow 40 mm guns firing. May 14, 1945 / Archives #80-C-373793."
Date
1945-05-14
Subject
Extent
1 photograph : negative, black and white ; 5 x 4 in
Format
Language
Rights
Bibliographic Citation
The Paul J. Madden World War II Photograph Collection/The Museum of Flight
Identifier
2023-08-10-A_image_558