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United States fighter aircrafts F6F Hellcat and F4U Corsair on aircraft carrier USS Essex (CV9); point of view approach from SBD Dauntless.

Aircraft of Carrier Air Group 9 (CVG9), embarked aboard the USS ESSEX (CV9), operating with Task Force 58, are seen returning from a strike over Tokyo,in February, 1945, during World War 2. They display the white doublediamond tail design of aircraft assigned to the USS Essex. F4U Corsair makes an arrested landing. Unusual point of view shot from rear seat, left side, of a Douglas SBD Dauntless aircraft as it approaches aircraft carrier, turns, and comes in for landing on the carrier deck. F4U Corsair taxiing to deck edge elevator and lowered to hangar below. F6F Hellcat touchdown for an arrested landing. Pilots seen in the cockpit. Location: Pacific Theater. Date: February 1945.

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