F2A-3 Buffalo fighter possibly of USMC squadron VMF-212 being serviced in a camouflaged revetment, Marine Corps Air Station Ewa, US Territory of Hawaii, 25 Apr 1942

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Caption     F2A-3 Buffalo fighter possibly of USMC squadron VMF-212 being serviced in a camouflaged revetment, Marine Corps Air Station Ewa, US Territory of Hawaii, 25 Apr 1942 ww2dbase
WW2-Era Location Name Kapolei, Oahu, Hawaii
Date 25 Apr 1942
Photographer    Unknown
 
Source Information
Source    ww2dbaseUnited States National Archives
Identification Code   80-G-271041
 
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Photos on Same Day 25 Apr 1942
Colorized By WW2DB     Colorized with Adobe Photoshop
 
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Photo Size 740 x 576 pixels



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1. Anonymous says:
23 Oct 2017 10:08:19 PM

looking for history and photos of VMF212 on EWA during & after Dec 7th Attak
2. Commenter identity confirmed David Stubblebine says:
2 May 2023 02:22:56 PM

Thanks to John Bond, the official historian of the Ewa Marine Corps Air Station, we have a better understanding of the construction methods used to quickly create the aircraft revetments seen here. These were burlap sacks filled with Ewa beach sand piled up into the walls of the three-sided revetments, reinforced with cage wire, and then sprayed under high pressure with a concrete material called gunite. This quick, cheap, and durable construction method was used all over Oahu to create various types of defensive positions.

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