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! Name !! Capacity !! Material !! Type !! Manufacturer !! Aircraft !! Comments
! Name !! Capacity !! Material !! Type !! Manufacturer !! Aircraft !! Comments
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| Unknown || 50 gallons<ref name="MOF-IEMMSBD-5A-438439">{{cite book |title=Instructions for the Erection and Maintenance of the Model SBD-5 Airplane |date=1 November 1943 |publisher=El Segundo Plant, Douglas Aircraft Company |location=El Segundo, California |pages=438–439 |url=http://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/nodes/view/29888 |access-date=7 August 2026}}</ref> || Armite<ref name="MOF-IEMMSBD-5A-438439" /> || External ||  || SBD-5<ref name="MOF-IEMMSBD-5A-438439" /> || Possibly MK 1, MOD 0
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| Tank – 58 gallon droppable fuel<ref name="ACL-M-65">{{cite book |title=Index of Army-Navy Aeronautical Equipment |date=10 July 1945 |page=65 |access-date=23 August 2023 |chapter=Miscellaneous |chapter-url=http://app.aircorpslibrary.com/document/viewer/jwisanmisc}}</ref> || 58-63 U.S. gallons<ref name="ACL-M-65" /> || Steel<ref name="ACL-M-65" /> || External || American Stove<ref name="ACL-M-65" /> || FM-1<ref name="AAIWWT-AS">{{cite web |last1=Jackson |first1=David D. |title=American Stove Company During World War Two |url=http://www.usautoindustryworldwartwo.com/americanstovecompany.htm |website=The American Automobile Industry in World War Two |access-date=6 January 2025 |date=26 May 2024}}</ref>, F4F-4<ref name="AAIWWT-AS" />, SBD-5<ref name="AAIWWT-AS" />, SBD-6<ref name="AAIWWT-AS" />, SB2C-1<ref name="AAIWWT-AS" />, SB2C-2<ref name="AAIWWT-AS" />, SBW<ref name="ACL-M-65" />, SBF<ref name="ACL-M-65" />, TBF-1<ref name="AAIWWT-AS" />, TBM-1<ref name="AAIWWT-AS" /> || Also known as MK 1, MOD 1<ref name="AAIWWT-AS" />
| Tank – 58 gallon droppable fuel<ref name="ACL-M-65">{{cite book |title=Index of Army-Navy Aeronautical Equipment |date=10 July 1945 |page=65 |access-date=23 August 2023 |chapter=Miscellaneous |chapter-url=http://app.aircorpslibrary.com/document/viewer/jwisanmisc}}</ref> || 58-63 U.S. gallons<ref name="ACL-M-65" /> || Steel<ref name="ACL-M-65" /> || External || American Stove<ref name="ACL-M-65" /> || FM-1<ref name="AAIWWT-AS">{{cite web |last1=Jackson |first1=David D. |title=American Stove Company During World War Two |url=http://www.usautoindustryworldwartwo.com/americanstovecompany.htm |website=The American Automobile Industry in World War Two |access-date=6 January 2025 |date=26 May 2024}}</ref>, F4F-4<ref name="AAIWWT-AS" />, SBD-5<ref name="AAIWWT-AS" />, SBD-6<ref name="AAIWWT-AS" />, SB2C-1<ref name="AAIWWT-AS" />, SB2C-2<ref name="AAIWWT-AS" />, SBW<ref name="ACL-M-65" />, SBF<ref name="ACL-M-65" />, TBF-1<ref name="AAIWWT-AS" />, TBM-1<ref name="AAIWWT-AS" /> || Also known as MK 1, MOD 1<ref name="AAIWWT-AS" />
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| Tank – 400 gallon bomb bay non-metallic self sealing<ref name="AA-OEME-181">{{cite book |title=Index of Army and Navy Aeronautical Equipment |volume=3 |page=181 |access-date=23 August 2023 |chapter=Oxygen Equipment/Miscellaneous Equipment |chapter-url=http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1343/9895/files/Army-Navy_Index_of_Aeronautical_Equipment_-_Volume_3_-_Miscellaneous_Equipment_f651c07e-308e-4931-818b-f3df8e325fff.pdf}}</ref> || 400 gallons || Rubber and fiber<ref name="AA-OEME-181" /> || Internal || Goodyear Tire & Rubber<ref name="AA-OEME-181" />, B. F. Goodrich<ref name="AA-OEME-181" /> || B-24<ref name="AA-OEME-181" /> ||  
| Tank – 400 gallon bomb bay non-metallic self sealing<ref name="AA-OEME-181">{{cite book |title=Index of Army and Navy Aeronautical Equipment |volume=3 |page=181 |access-date=23 August 2023 |chapter=Oxygen Equipment/Miscellaneous Equipment |chapter-url=http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1343/9895/files/Army-Navy_Index_of_Aeronautical_Equipment_-_Volume_3_-_Miscellaneous_Equipment_f651c07e-308e-4931-818b-f3df8e325fff.pdf}}</ref> || 400 gallons || Rubber and fiber<ref name="AA-OEME-181" /> || Internal || Goodyear Tire & Rubber<ref name="AA-OEME-181" />, B. F. Goodrich<ref name="AA-OEME-181" /> || B-24<ref name="AA-OEME-181" /> ||  
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| Unknown || 50 U.S. gallons<ref name="F-GTT">{{cite web |last1=Takeuchi |first1=Gary T. |title=[Drop Tank] |url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/50393882@N00/3144139181 |website=Flickr |access-date=23 August 2023 |date=27 December 2008}}</ref> ||  || External || U.S. Rubber<ref name="F-GTT" /> || SBD-5<ref name="F-GTT" /> ||  
| Unknown || 50 U.S. gallons<ref name="MOF-IEMMSBD-5A-438439">{{cite book |title=Instructions for the Erection and Maintenance of the Model SBD-5 Airplane |date=1 November 1943 |publisher=El Segundo Plant, Douglas Aircraft Company |location=El Segundo, California |pages=438–439 |url=http://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/nodes/view/29888 |access-date=7 August 2026}}</ref> || Armite<ref name="MOF-IEMMSBD-5A-438439" /> || External || U.S. Rubber<ref>{{cite web |last1=Takeuchi |first1=Gary T. |title=[Drop Tank] |url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/50393882@N00/3144139181 |website=Flickr |access-date=23 August 2023 |date=27 December 2008}}</ref> || SBD-5<ref name="MOF-IEMMSBD-5A-438439" /> || Possibly MK 1, MOD 0
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| Unknown || 75 gallons ||  || External ||  ||  ||  
| Unknown || 75 gallons ||  || External ||  ||  ||  
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