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[Japanese torpedo aircraft making attack run on USS Essex] (Item)

Photograph of a Japanese torpedo aircraft making an attack run on the USS Essex (CV-9), October 14, 1944. The caption notes that the image was taken through the porthole of the Essex's photography lab.Caption: "Jap torpedo plane making run on Essex. Dusk. Oct. 14, 1944, 60 to 75 miles east of Formosa. Picture taken thru photo lab porthole."

[General Motors TBM Avenger aircraft in flight over ships] (Item)

Photograph of General Motors TBM Avenger aircraft of Air Group 83, U.S. Navy, in flight over ships, July 15, 1945.Caption: "TBM's of AG-83, returning to Essex, fly over two destroyer pickets off N. Honshu -- 7-15-45."

[General Motors TBM-3 Avenger aircraft landing on USS Essex] (Item)

Photograph of a U.S. Navy General Motors TBM-3 Avenger aircraft (nose number 411) landing on the USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1944.Caption: "Avenger (torpedo bomber) landing on Essex 1944."

[Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft landing on USS Essex] (Item)

Photograph of a Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft of Air Group 83, U.S. Navy, landing on the USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1944-1945. Caption: "AG-83 Hellcat landing on Essex."

[Japanese torpedo bomber aircraft flying toward the USS Essex] (Item)

Photograph of a Japanese torpedo bomber aircraft flying toward the USS Essex (CV-9), October 14, 1944. The USS Massachusetts (BB-59) is visible in the background. Caption: "Oct. 14, 1944 -- 60-70 miles east of Formosa. Dusk. Essex under attack by Jap torpedo planes. Ship in distance is U.S.S. Massachusetts (BB-59)."

[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."

[Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft about to take off from USS Essex] (Item)

Photograph of a Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft about to take off from the USS Essex (CV-9), September 13, 1945. The caption notes that this was the last aircraft launch from the Essex during World War II.Caption: "Last launch of Essex planes in WW-2. Puget Sound, 9-13-45."

[Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft on USS Essex] (Item)

Photograph of a Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft (fuselage designation 110) of Air Group 83, U.S. Navy, on the USS Essex (CV-9), 1945. Caption: "Hellcat (F6F) of AG-83, 1945."

[Japanese kamikaze aircraft hit by antiaircraft fire] (Item)

Photograph of a Japanese kamikaze aircraft hit by antiaircraft fire from the USS Essex (CV-9), 1945. Caption: "Kamakazi [sic] hit by AA fire above Essex. Okinawa campaign, 1945."

[Landing signal officer waving off Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft] (Item)

Photograph of a landing signal officer waving off a Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft, USS Essex (CV-9), 1944. Caption: "Hellcat taking 'wave off'. Essex, 1944."