| 词条 | Nukufetau Airfield |
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|name=Nukufetau Airfield |ensign=Seventh Air Force - Emblem (World War II).svg |ensign_size=60px |partof = Seventh Air Force |location= Nukufetau, Gilbert and Ellice Islands |coordinates= {{Coord|08|03|54|S|178|22|38|E}} (Approximate) |image= |caption= |type=Military airfield |code= |built=1943 |builder= |materials= |height= |used= 1943 |demolished= |condition= |ownership= |controlledby=United States Army Air Forces United States Marine Corps |garrison= |commanders= |occupants= |battles= |events= }} Nukufetau Airfield is a former World War II airfield on the south-eastern side of Nukufetau on Motulalo Island during the Pacific War. HistoryNukufetau Airfield was built by United States Navy Seabees on Motulalo island as an alternative strip to Nanumea and Funafuti airfields to allow for further dispersal of aircraft in the Ellice Islands (now Tuvalu).[1] Two intersecting runways formed an "X" shape. On 8 September 1943 the 16th Naval Construction Battalion commenced construction of a fighter strip (3500 feet by 200 feet) and a bomber strip (6100 feet by 220 feet). Nearly 50,000 coconut trees had to be cut down and about 2,000 feet of the runways were built on fill over swamp.[2] The airfield was made operational before November 1943 to aid in the Battle of Tarawa. United States Marine Corps (USMC) units based at Nukufetau included:
United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) using the base included:
PostwarThe debris from a crashed B-24 Liberator remained on the island.[6] After the Pacific War the airfield was dismantled and the land returned to its owners, however as the coral base was compacted to make the runways the land now provides poor ground for growing coconuts.[7] See also{{Portal|United States Air Force|Military of the United States|World War II}}
References{{Air Force Historical Research Agency}}
References1. ^{{Cite book|last=|first= |title=Building the Navy's Bases in World War II History of the Bureau of Yards and Docks and the Civil Engineer Corps 1940-1946| publisher=US Government Printing Office| year=1947| isbn=|page=236}} 2. ^{{cite web| last =McKillop | first = Jack| work= Funafuti, Naval Advance Base |title= Ellice Islands |date = |url= http://www.pacific-war.com/bases/ellice.html| accessdate=8 June 2015}} 3. ^1 {{cite book| last = Sherrod | first = Robert | authorlink = | coauthors =| year = 1952 | chapter =| title = History of Marine Corps Aviation in World War II | publisher = Combat Forces Press| location = Washington, D.C.| id =| isbn = 0-89201-048-7}} 4. ^1 {{cite web| last = | first = | work= Marine Aviation Western Pacific |title= Marine Corps in WWII Vol IV - Western Pacific Operations |date = |url= http://www.marines.mil/Portals/59/Publications/History%20of%20the%20U.S.%20Marine%20Corps%20in%20WWII%20Vol%20IV%20-%20Western%20Pacific%20Operations%20%20PCN%2019000262700_3.pdf| accessdate=8 June 2015}} 5. ^1 {{cite book |last1=Maurer, Maxwell AFB|first1= |authorlink1= |title= Air Force Combat Units Of World War II |url= |format= |accessdate= |year= 1983 |publisher= Alabama: Office of Air Force History|location= |language= |isbn=0-89201-092-4|oclc= |doi= |id= |page= |pages=|chapter=|chapterurl= |quote= |ref= |bibcode= }} 6. ^{{cite web|first= Bill |last= Bartsch |title = War Relics in Tuvalu and Kiribati | date =|url=http://www.nanumea.net/PDF%20files%20used%20in%20NEA%20website/Bartsch%20Article%201%20downsized%20using%20xara.pdf |publisher=South Pacific Bulletin (1975) |accessdate=7 April 2014}} 7. ^{{cite book |last1=Melei Telavi |first1= Hugh Laracy (ed.) |authorlink1= |title= Tuvalu: A History |url= |format= |accessdate= |year= 1983 |publisher= Institute of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific and Government of Tuvalu |location= |language= |isbn=|oclc= |doi= |id= |page=143 |pages=|chapter=Chapter 18 - War|chapterurl= |quote= |ref= |bibcode= }} External links{{USAAF 7th Air Force World War II}} 3 : Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in the Pacific Ocean theatre of World War II|Pacific theatre of World War II|History of Tuvalu |
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