001- and a U.S. Navy AVENGER torpedo plane starts its take-off run down the deck of an escort carrier. Patrolling the Allies' ocean lifelines from their floating bases on baby flat-tops, AVENGERS have killed many Nazi undersea raiders.
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001- and a U.S. Navy AVENGER torpedo plane starts its take-off run down the deck of an escort carrier. Patrolling the Allies' ocean lifelines from their floating bases on baby flat-tops, AVENGERS have killed many Nazi undersea raiders.
September 23, 1943
Gelatin silver print
Image: 19.3 x 24 cm (7 5/8 x 9 7/16 in.)
Paper: 20.9 x 25.4 cm (8 1/4 x 10 in.)
Gift of Vincent S. Jones
1976.0358.0011
Inscriptions verso (typed): File No: AX-GCC-66-43088-MI[?]-2501C RELEASE: September 23, 1943 / 001- and a U.S. Navy AVENGER torpedo plane starts its take-off run down the / deck of an escort carrier. Patrolling the Allies' ocean lifelines from their / floating bases on baby flat-tops, AVENGERS have killed many Nazi undersea / raiders. / WATCH YOUR CREDIT [underlined] / OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTOGRAPH [underlined] / The Navy Department has no objection to the use of this photograph in commercial / advertisements, provided copy and layout are submitted for review prior to / publication to the REVIEW SECTION. OFFICE OF PUBLIC RELATIONS. NAVY DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, D. C., or to a District Public Relations Office. However, it has no / power to waive the privacy rights of the personnel portrayed.
(stamped): BuAer2501
(stamped): BuAer2501
