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[Vought F4U Corsair aircraft on USS Essex] (Item)

Photograph of a Vought F4U Corsair aircraft of VMF-124, U.S. Marine Corps, on the USS Essex (CV-9), January 1945.Caption: "Corsair (F4U) of Marine fighter squadron 124 -- Jan. 1945."

[Servicemen working on Vought F4U Corsair aircraft] (Item)

Photograph of U.S. Navy servicemen working on a Vought F4U Corsair aircraft (fuselage designation 63) of VMF-213, USS Essex (CV-9), 1944. Caption: "F4U of VMF-213 on flight deck of Essex. 1944."

[Vought F4U Corsair aircraft taxiing to join other Corsairs] (Item)

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."

[Vought F4U Corsair aircraft in flight above an aircraft carrier] (Item)

Photograph of a Vought F4U Corsair aircraft in flight above an aircraft carrier, 1945.Caption: "Corsair (F4U) and Essex-class carrier -- W. Pacific, spring 1945."

[servicemen pulling Vought F4U Corsair aircraft away from edge of flight deck] (Item)

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 waved off from the USS Essex] (Item)

Photograph of a Vought F4U Corsair aircraft being waved off from the USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1945.Caption: "Corsair 'wave-off' -- Essex, 1945."

[Vought F4U Corsair aircraft in flight] (Item)

Photograph of a Vought F4U Corsair aircraft (fuselage designation 228, tail code F) in flight, circa 1945. The caption verso notes that this image was taken from the USS Essex (CV-9) after the aircraft was waved off.Inscription on verso: "Essex -- 1945 / AG-83 F4U takes wave-off / D03."Part of a disassembled album containing materials related to Paul J. Madden's service with the U.S. Navy during…

[Vought F4U Corsair aircraft slipping off edge of USS Essex] (Item)

Photograph of Vought F4U Corsair aircraft slipping off the edge of the USS Essex (CV-9) during bad weather, circa January 1945. Inscription on verso: "F4U slipping over edge of flight deck / Weather is bad & gunnery dept. is in condition one. / Jan. 1945."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.

[Jeep and Vought F4U Corsair aircraft] (Item)

Photograph of a jeep and Vought F4U Corsair aircraft (visible tail number 176) on the USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1943-1945.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.

[Collision between Vought F4U Corsair aircraft and General Motors TBM Avenger aircraft] (Item)

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…

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