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[Vought F4U Corsair aircraft taking off from USS Essex]
Photograph of a Vought F4U Corsair aircraft (tail number 177) taking off from the USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1944-1945.
[Crashed Vought F4U Corsair aircraft]
Photograph of a crashed Vought F4U Corsair aircraft (tail number 170), USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1944-1945.
[Vought F4U Corsair aircraft taking off from USS Essex]
Photograph of a U.S. Navy Vought F4U Corsair aircraft taking off from the USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1944-1945
[Vought F4U Corsair aircraft taxiing to join other Corsairs]
Photograph of a Vought F4U Corsair aircraft (fuselage designation 94) taxiing to join other recently-landed Corsairs, USS Essex (CV-9), 1945.Caption: "F4U fighter folding wings and taxiing forward to join other planes that have just landed. U.S.S. Essex, 1945."
[servicemen pulling Vought F4U Corsair aircraft away from edge of flight deck]
Photograph of U.S. Navy servicemen pulling a Vought F4U Corsair aircraft away from the edge of the flight deck, USS Essex (CV-9), January 1945.Caption: "Errant F4U of AG-4 being pulled from edge of flight deck. Helmuts [sic] and flash gear on men maning [sic] guns indicates ship was at General Quarters. January 1945, somewhere in the South China Sea."
[Vought F4U Corsair aircraft being catapulted from USS Essex]
Photograph of a Vought F4U Corsair aircraft of Carrier Air Group 83, U.S. Navy, being catapulted from the USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1944-1945. Inscription on verso: "Essex -- 1945 / F4U of AG-83 leaving Essex by way of catapult. Brovira -- Speed / BS 319 PE #2."