Midway Bases Photographs | World War II Database

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Aerial view of the under-construction Naval Air Station Midway, Eastern Island, Midway Atoll, 1941	Aerial view of the under-construction seaplane base at Sand Island, Midway Atoll, 1941	Aerial photograph of Midway Atoll, 24 Nov 1941	A US Navy PT Boat underway immediately off Midway Atoll, circa 1942

PBY-5 Catalina of Patrol Squadron 23 on Sand Island, Midway, 1942. Note the depth bombs loaded under the wings.	SB2U-3 Vindicator aircraft of US Marine Corps squadron VMSB-241 taking off from Eastern Island, Midway Atoll, circa late May 1942	Aerial view of the Midway Islands and the Naval Air Station, Jun 1942 (later renamed Henderson Field). Interestingly, the air station is two different runway complexes on two different islands, but it still considered one air station.	B-17E aircraft being serviced at Eastern Island, Midway Atoll, May-Jun 1942, photo 1 of 2

B-17E aircraft being serviced at Eastern Island, Midway Atoll, May-Jun 1942, photo 2 of 2	B-17E bomber of 72nd Bomb Squadron of US 5th Bomb Group, Midway Atoll, 1942	B-17E bomber taking off from Eastern Island, Midway Atoll, May-Jun 1942	US Army Air Force B-17E bombers taking off from the airfield on Eastern Island, Midway Atoll, 3-4 Jun 1942

Burning Japanese aircraft above Sand Island, Midway Atoll, 4 Jun 1942	Burning oil tank, Sand Island, Midway Atoll, 4 Jun 1942	Burning seaplane hangar, Sand Island, Midway Atoll, 4 Jun 1942	D3A1 carrier dive bomber in flight over Sand Island, Midway Atoll, 4 Jun 1942

Fatally damaged Japanese aircraft falling toward Sand Island, Midway Atoll, 4 Jun 1942; note top of a sandbag in foreground	Japanese aircraft in flight over Sand Island, Midway Atoll, 4 Jun 1942	Oil tanks burning on Sand Island of Midway Atoll after Japanese attack, 4 Jun 1942	SB2U Vindicator dive bomber of US Marine Corps VMSB-241 squadron taking off from Eastern Island, Midway, circa 27 May to 4 Jun 1942