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[Serviceman securing Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft during typhoon] (Item)

Photograph of a U.S. Navy serviceman securing a Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft during a typhoon, USS Essex (CV-9), December 18, 1944. Caption on album page: "Plane captain securing F6F in typhoon."Part of a disassembled album containing materials related to Paul J. Madden's service with the U.S. Navy during World War II, circa 1940-1995.

[Servicemen battling a fire caused by belly tank explosion] (Item)

Photograph of U.S. Navy servicemen battling a fire caused by a belly tank explosion, USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1944. Inscription on verso: "Essex -- 1944 / Putting out gasoline fire after fighter belly tank explosion / A19"Caption on album page: "F6F belly tank fire."Part of a disassembled album containing materials related to Paul J. Madden's service with the U.S. Navy during World War II, circa…

[Servicemen folding wings of Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft] (Item)

Photograph of U.S. Navy servicemen folding the wings of a Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft (fuselage designation 118, tail code F), USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1944-1945.Inscription on verso: "Essex / AG-83 F6F / Folding wings of taxiing fighter."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.

[Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft being hoisted onto deck of USS Essex] (Item)

Photograph of a Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft being hoisted onto the deck of the USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1944.Inscription on verso: "Majuro -- 1944 / F6F replacement."Caption on album page: "F6F replacement hoisted aboard Essex."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.

[Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft being catapulted from USS Essex] (Item)

Photograph of a Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft (tail number 15) being catapulted from the USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1944-1945.Inscription on verso: "Essex / AG-15 / F6F being cataputed [sic]."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.

[Servicemen folding the wings of Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft] (Item)

Photograph of U.S. Navy servicemen folding the wings of a Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft of Air Group 83, USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1945.Inscription on verso: "Essex / Folding wings of returning fighter of Air Group 83 / 1945 / A17."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.

[David McCampbell in Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft] (Item)

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 /…

[Aircraft on deck of USS Essex] (Item)

Photograph of aircraft on the deck of the USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1944-1945. The aircraft in the foreground are Grumman F6F Hellcats. Inscription on verso: "Essex full deck."

[Serviceman securing Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft] (Item)

Photograph of a serviceman securing a Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft, USS Essex (CV-9), December 1944.Inscription on negative envelope: "Essex -- Dec. 1944 / Securing F.6.F in typhoon."

[Servicemen with Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft] (Item)

Photographic negative of U.S. Navy servicemen with a Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft loaded on a barge, Guam, circa 1944-1950. Elmer A. Ball is second from the right.