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[Servicemen battling fire caused by broken belly tank]
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."
[Servicemen with Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft]
Photographic negative of U.S. Navy servicemen with a Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft loaded on a barge, Guam, circa 1944-1950. Elmer A. Ball is second from the right.
[Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft at air base]
Photographic negative of Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft at an air base, Guam, circa 1944-1950.