SBD aircraft destroyed in an air attack on Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 1942

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Caption     SBD aircraft destroyed in an air attack on Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 1942 ww2dbase
WW2-Era Location Name Lunga Point, Guadalcanal, British Western Pacific Territories
Date  Sep 1942
Photographer    Unknown
 
Source Information
Source    ww2dbaseUnited States National Archives via United States Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Link to Source    Link
Identification Code   80-G-14409
 
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1. Commenter identity confirmed Bill says:
11 Jun 2012 08:10:14 AM

BATTLE FOR GUADALCANAL:

THE AIRFIELD WAS BUILT BY THE JAPANESE AND LATER CAPTURED BY THE US MARINES.
THE AIR STRIP LATER NAMED HENDERSON FIELD IN HONOR OF MARINE MAJOR LOFTON HENDERSON, WHO WAS THE COMMANDING OFFICER OF(VMSB-241)KILLED IN ACTION DURING THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY JUNE 1942.

AFTER WWII THE AIRFIELD WAS ABANDONED, LATER IT WAS REOPENED IN THE 1960s, AS THE SOLOMAN'S MAIN AIRPORT.
DID YOU KNOW: DURING THE GUADALCANAL CAMPAIGN
THE US MARINES WERE USING THE SPRINGFIELD
M1903A3,30.06 (7.62MM) BOLT-ACTION RIFLE TROOPS WERE LATER ISSUED THE FAMOUS M-1 SEMI-AUTO RIFLE.

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