Photos Taken in Lunga Point, Guadalcanal

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Lunga Point Airfield while under construction, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, Jul 1942	Lunga Point Airfield/Henderson Field, seen from USS Saratoga aircraft, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, Aug 1942

American surveying Lunga Point Airfield, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, Aug 1942	Bombs being brought to a TBF Avenger of United States Navy Torpedo Squadron VT-11 flying from Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, 1942. Note the pierced steel Marsden matting.

Fires burning at Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, Aug-Oct 1942	Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, Sep 1942

SBD aircraft destroyed in an air attack on Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 1942	US Marine Corps Wildcat fighter taking off from Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, circa Sep 1942

F4F Wildcat fighters of the US Navy and US Marines lined up on Henderson Field on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, Jan 1943, photo 1 of 2	F4F Wildcat fighters of the US Navy and US Marines lined up on Henderson Field on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, Jan 1943, photo 2 of 2

US Army Air Force B-17s overfly US Marine and US Navy F4F or FM-2 Wildcat aircraft at Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 1942	US Marine aircraft mechanic at work, Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, Nov 1942

US Marine ground crew putting out a fire on a Wildcat fighter, Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 1942	Henderson Field headquarters building, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, Dec 1942

B-17E bomber of 42nd Bomb Squadron of USAAF 11th Bomb Group at Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 1943	F4F-4 Wildcat fighters of a Marine Fighting Squadron at rest on Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, Solomons, 1942-43.

F4F Wildcat fighters of the US Navy and Marines lined up on Henderson Field on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, Jan 1943	Wildcat fighter at Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, 2 Feb 1943

Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 11 Apr 1943	An in-flight view of a TBF-1 Avenger “Daisy Mae” of Marine Squadron VMSB-131 based at Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, Solomons, 1943