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Photograph of a Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft crashed nose down on the USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1944. The pilot is still in the cockpit.Inscription on verso: "D-13 / (Cropped?)."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 a Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft crashed nose down on the USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1944. The pilot is still in the cockpit. Inscription on verso: "AG-15 F6F / Essex / 1944."Caption on album page: "Bad landing."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 pilot David McCampbell in his Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft, USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1943-1945. Thirty aerial victories are painted under the cockpit. Image includes a clipping of McCampbell obituary.Inscription on verso: "Comdr David McCampbell / Air Group 15 commander / In Gruman Hellcat. / He shot down 4 more Japs after this picture was taken. / U.S.S. Essex /…
Fighter ace Harry W. Swinburne is interviewed about his military service with the United States Navy during World War II. He describes his wartime experiences as a fighter pilot, including his time stationed on the USS San Jacinto (CVL-30) with Fighting Squadron 45 (VF-45). Special focus on a combat mission on March 28, 1944, in which Swinburne scored victories against two Japanese gunboats east…
In this four-part oral history, fighter ace Mayo A. “Mike” Hadden, Jr. discusses his military service with the United States Navy during World War II. In part two, he continues to describe his wartime experiences as a fighter pilot with Fighting Squadron 9 (VF-9). He also shares details about his personal background, his high school and college years, and his family history.
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Fighter pilot Delno “Del” Carlton is interviewed about his military service with the United States Marine Corps during World War II. The interview focuses specifically on an incident in 1944 or 1945, when VM(N)F-542 (Marine Night Fighter Squadron 542) deployed from the USS Sitkoh Bay (CVE-86) to Yontan Airfield, Okinawa, Japan. Due to navigational errors, Carlton’s flight of Grumman F6F Hellcats…
Photographic group portrait of U.S. Navy pilots with a Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft, circa 1943-1946.
Photographic group portrait of U.S. Navy pilots in front of a Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft, circa 1943-1946.Item from a disassembled scrapbook documenting the U.S. Navy career of Elvin L. Lindsay, circa 1944-1947
Photograph of fighter ace Elvin L. Lindsay in the cockpit of his Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft, circa 1944-1945.Inscription on verso: "Lin."
Photograph of fighter ace Elvin L. Lindsay on the wing of his Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft, circa 1944-1945.