[Servicemen battling a fire caused by belly tank explosion]

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Title

[Servicemen battling a fire caused by belly tank explosion]

Description

Photograph of U.S. Navy servicemen battling a fire caused by a belly tank explosion, USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1944.

Inscription on verso: "Essex -- 1944 / Putting out gasoline fire after fighter belly tank explosion / A19"

Caption on album page: "F6F belly tank fire."

Part of a disassembled album containing materials related to Paul J. Madden's service with the U.S. Navy during World War II, circa 1940-1945.

Date

1944 circa

Extent

1 photograph : print, black and white ; 10 x 8 in

Language

Bibliographic Citation

The Paul J. Madden World War II Photograph Collection/The Museum of Flight

Identifier

2023-08-10-A_image_304