[Servicemen battling a fire caused by belly tank explosion]
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
Subject
Extent
1 photograph : print, black and white ; 10 x 8 in
Format
Language
Rights
Bibliographic Citation
The Paul J. Madden World War II Photograph Collection/The Museum of Flight
Identifier
2023-08-10-A_image_304