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English: The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Essex (CV-9) underway in the Atlantic Ocean at 1615 hrs on 10 May 1943, circa 160 km off the coast of Virginia (USA), course 120°. The photo was taken by a blimp (No. 620) of squadron ZP-14 with a K-20 camera from a height of 90 m. Among the aircraft parked on her flight deck are 24 Douglas SBD Dauntless scout 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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Camera location37° 05′ 00″ N, 74° 15′ 00″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo
Date 10 May 1943
date QS:P571,+1943-05-10T00:00:00Z/11
institution QS:P195,Q3250126
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80-G-68097
Source U.S. Navy photo 80-G-68097 (BuAer 68097)
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