[Servicemen battling fire caused by broken belly tank]
Title
[Servicemen battling fire caused by broken belly tank]
Description
Photograph of U.S. Navy servicemen battling a fire caused by a broken belly tank, USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1944-1945. The caption notes that the tank broke loose from a Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft during landing.
Caption on envelope: "Essex repair '8' putting out fire caused by belly tank that broke loose from landing F6F."
Date
1944-1945 circa
Subject
Extent
1 photograph : negative, black and white ; 4 x 5 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_543