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Photograph of a collision between a Vought F4U Corsair aircraft (fuselage designation 180) and a General Motors TBM Avenger aircraft (fuselage number 183), USS Essex (CV-9), 1945. Inscription on verso: "Essex -- 1945 / AG-83 F4U crash landing / Plane still moving -- hit TBM."Part of a disassembled album containing materials related to Paul J. Madden's service with the U.S. Navy during World War…
Photograph of a Vought F4U Corsair aircraft (fuselage designation 227) landing on top of 20mm guns, USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1943-1945. Inscription on verso: "VF-83 F4U lands in 20mm's."Part of a disassembled album containing materials related to Paul J. Madden's service with the U.S. Navy during World War II, circa 1940-1945.
Photograph of U.S. Navy servicemen extinguishing a fire from a crashed Vought F4U Corsair aircraft, USS Essex (CV-9) circa 1943-1945. The caption information notes that the Corsair skidded on the wet deck during takeoff.Inscription on verso: "Essex / F4U taking off at dawn slipped on the wet deck and crashed into catwalk. Pilot was picked up by destroyer / D09."Caption on verso: "F4U taking off,…
Photograph of a crashed Vought F4U Corsair aircraft (tail number 170), USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1944-1945.
Photograph of a crashed Vought F4U Corsair aircraft (tail number 170), USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1944-1945.
Photograph of servicemen gathered around a crashed F4U Corsair aircraft (tail number 170), USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1944-1945.
Photograph of a crashed Vought F4U Corsair aircraft (tail number 170), USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1944-1945.