photographed from a blimp from U.S. Navy squadron ZP-14
Description
English: The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Essex (CV-9) underway at in May 1943, in position 37 05'N, 74 15'E, as photographed from a blimp from U.S. Navy squadron ZP-14. Among the aircraft of Carrier Air Group 9 (CVG-9) parked on her flight deck are 24 Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless dive bombers (parked aft), about 11 Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat fighters (parked in after part of the midships area) and about 18 Grumman TBF-1 Avenger torpedo planes (parked amidships).
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