USS Essex WWII Photo Gallery

ESSEX WWII Photo Gallery Bomb Run

Tailchewed SB2C	Essex Top Gun	Essex Taskgroup
Torpedo 15 Officers	View from the ESSEX Mast	Where's the Rudder?
First Pacific Mission	HellDivers on Deck	Meatballs
Raid on Wake	Frisco Refit	AirGroup 4 Briefing
A Select Group	A Jill Down	The Navy Cross
Lucky 13	A Judy Down	Movie Star Ace
A war Story	Double Ace	TBM Gunner
Flight Training	VT83 Starboard Wing	Kamikaze
ESSEX Bombers 1945	VT83 Port Wing	Presidential Unit Citation

USS Essex WWII
Squadron Patches and Logos

Essex

VF9

VB9

VT 83 Logo

VB15

VT15

VBF83

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NavSource Online: USS Essex Photo Archive

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"The Mowing Machine"

Valencias Flying Circus

Left; LTJGs, Harris Mitchell, Armistead Smith, James French, and LT. Eugene Valencia. These four pilots of VF9 flying off Essex and Yorktown, shot down 50 enemy planes. They hold the record as being the highest - scoring fighter division in Navy history.

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