Drop Tank List: Difference between revisions

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| Unknown || 585 gallons<ref name="ACL-MMBA">{{cite book |title=Maintenance Manual [for] B-25C and B-25D Airplanes |publisher=Field Service Department, North American Aviation, Inc. |location=Inglewood, California |page=H-6 |url=http://app.aircorpslibrary.com/document/viewer/hugemmb251a}}</ref> || || Internal || || B-25C<ref name="ACL-MMBA" />, B-25D<ref name="ACL-MMBA" /> ||

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| Unknown<ref name="TTD-THT">{{cite web |last1=Thomason |first1=Tommy H. |title=Grumman F6F Hellcat Belly Tank |url=http://tailhooktopics.blogspot.com/2019/09/grumman-f6f-hellcat-belly-tank.html |website=Tailhook Topics Drafts |access-date=23 August 2023 |date=9 September 2019}}</ref> || || || External || || F6F<ref name="TTD-THT" /> || Appears to be pictured on page 70 of the ''Index of Army-Navy Aeronautical Equipment'', but no details listed and contradictorily included as continuation of same entry as visually different tank for P-38.<ref name="ACL-M-70">{{cite book |title=Index of Army-Navy Aeronautical Equipment |date=10 July 1945 |page=70 |access-date=21 August 2026 |chapter=Miscellaneous |chapter-url=http://app.aircorpslibrary.com/document/viewer/jwisanmisc}}</ref> Note also that shape of the leading edge of the pylon changed from a curved slope to a right angle at some point during production.{{efn|The change presumably was made to simplify manufacture.}} Later, after the aforementioned change, the way the two halves of the tank were joined was modified so that they went from having a vertical to a horizontal flange.<ref name="TTD-THT" />

| Unknown<ref name="TTD-THT">{{cite web |last1=Thomason |first1=Tommy H. |title=Grumman F6F Hellcat Belly Tank |url=http://tailhooktopics.blogspot.com/2019/09/grumman-f6f-hellcat-belly-tank.html |website=Tailhook Topics Drafts |access-date=23 August 2023 |date=9 September 2019}}</ref> || 150 gallons<ref>{{cite book |title=Preliminary Handbook of Erection and Maintenance Instructions Navy Model: F6F-3, F6F-3N, F6F-5, F6F-5N; British Models Hellcat I, Hellcat II Airplanes |date=1 June 1945 |pages=169, 171 |url=http://app.aircorpslibrary.com/document/viewer/sept2f6fggow |access-date=21 August 2026}}</ref> || || External || || F6F<ref name="TTD-THT" /> || Appears to be pictured on page 70 of the ''Index of Army-Navy Aeronautical Equipment'', but no details listed and contradictorily included as continuation of same entry as visually different tank for P-38.<ref name="ACL-M-70">{{cite book |title=Index of Army-Navy Aeronautical Equipment |date=10 July 1945 |page=70 |access-date=21 August 2026 |chapter=Miscellaneous |chapter-url=http://app.aircorpslibrary.com/document/viewer/jwisanmisc}}</ref> Note also that shape of the leading edge of the pylon changed from a curved slope to a right angle at some point during production.{{efn|The change presumably was made to simplify manufacture.}} Later, after the aforementioned change, the way the two halves of the tank were joined was modified so that they went from having a vertical to a horizontal flange.<ref name="TTD-THT" />

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 | Unknown || 585 gallons<ref name="ACL-MMBA">{{cite book |title=Maintenance Manual [for] B-25C and B-25D Airplanes |publisher=Field Service Department, North American Aviation, Inc. |location=Inglewood, California |page=H-6 |url=http://app.aircorpslibrary.com/document/viewer/hugemmb251a}}</ref> ||  || Internal ||  || B-25C<ref name="ACL-MMBA" />, B-25D<ref name="ACL-MMBA" /> ||
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-| Unknown<ref name="TTD-THT">{{cite web |last1=Thomason |first1=Tommy H. |title=Grumman F6F Hellcat Belly Tank |url=http://tailhooktopics.blogspot.com/2019/09/grumman-f6f-hellcat-belly-tank.html |website=Tailhook Topics Drafts |access-date=23 August 2023 |date=9 September 2019}}</ref> ||  ||  || External ||  || F6F<ref name="TTD-THT" /> || Appears to be pictured on page 70 of the ''Index of Army-Navy Aeronautical Equipment'', but no details listed and contradictorily included as continuation of same entry as visually different tank for P-38.<ref name="ACL-M-70">{{cite book |title=Index of Army-Navy Aeronautical Equipment |date=10 July 1945 |page=70 |access-date=21 August 2026 |chapter=Miscellaneous |chapter-url=http://app.aircorpslibrary.com/document/viewer/jwisanmisc}}</ref> Note also that shape of the leading edge of the pylon changed from a curved slope to a right angle at some point during production.{{efn|The change presumably was made to simplify manufacture.}} Later, after the aforementioned change, the way the two halves of the tank were joined was modified so that they went from having a vertical to a horizontal flange.<ref name="TTD-THT" />
+| Unknown<ref name="TTD-THT">{{cite web |last1=Thomason |first1=Tommy H. |title=Grumman F6F Hellcat Belly Tank |url=http://tailhooktopics.blogspot.com/2019/09/grumman-f6f-hellcat-belly-tank.html |website=Tailhook Topics Drafts |access-date=23 August 2023 |date=9 September 2019}}</ref> || 150 gallons<ref>{{cite book |title=Preliminary Handbook of Erection and Maintenance Instructions Navy Model: F6F-3, F6F-3N, F6F-5, F6F-5N; British Models Hellcat I, Hellcat II Airplanes |date=1 June 1945 |pages=169, 171 |url=http://app.aircorpslibrary.com/document/viewer/sept2f6fggow |access-date=21 August 2026}}</ref> ||  || External ||  || F6F<ref name="TTD-THT" /> || Appears to be pictured on page 70 of the ''Index of Army-Navy Aeronautical Equipment'', but no details listed and contradictorily included as continuation of same entry as visually different tank for P-38.<ref name="ACL-M-70">{{cite book |title=Index of Army-Navy Aeronautical Equipment |date=10 July 1945 |page=70 |access-date=21 August 2026 |chapter=Miscellaneous |chapter-url=http://app.aircorpslibrary.com/document/viewer/jwisanmisc}}</ref> Note also that shape of the leading edge of the pylon changed from a curved slope to a right angle at some point during production.{{efn|The change presumably was made to simplify manufacture.}} Later, after the aforementioned change, the way the two halves of the tank were joined was modified so that they went from having a vertical to a horizontal flange.<ref name="TTD-THT" />
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