TBM Avengers — of VT-4 from USS Essex (CV-9) — fly in formation, January 1945. (U.S. National Archives Photograph.)
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Aircraft carrier USS Essex photographed by a blimp from the U.S. Navy underway in May 1943 with Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless dive bombers, Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat fighters, and Grumman TBF-1 Avenger torpedo planes all parked on the...
Curtiss SB2C-4 Helldiver dive bombers of Bombing Squadron 83 (VB-83) fly over the USS Essex (CV-9) off the coast of Okinawa, May 1945. (U.S. Navy Photograph.)
The flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Essex (CV-9) during the ship’s shakedown cruise in March 1943 with numerous F6F Hellcat fighters and SBD Dauntless bombers. (Official U.S. Navy Photograph, U.S. National Archives.)
Maintenance work on the F6F Hellcat “Minsi II” on board the USS Essex off the coast of Saipan, July 1944. (Official U.S. Navy Photograph.)