Photos Taken in Oahu | World War II Database

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P-26 and B-18 aircraft at Hickam Field, US Territory of Hawaii, Jan 1940	P-26 Peashooter fighters and B-18 Bolo bombers at Hickam Field, Oahu, US Territory of Hawaii, Jan 1940

P-36 Hawk fighter based at Hickam Field in flight over Oahu, US Territory of Hawaii, 8 Feb 1940	Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Ford Island Naval Air Station, Oahu, Hawaii, May 2, 1940.

Aerial view of Ford Island and Pearl Harbor’s East Loch anchorage, 3 May 1940. Note 8 battleships along Battleship Row and 2 more across the channel at the 1010 Dock. Note also carrier Yorktown (Yorktown-class).	Aerial view of Hickam Field looking toward Honolulu, Hawaii, 3 May 1940. The Pearl Harbor entrance channel is along the bottom of the photo and the Submarine Base can be seen at the upper left.

Aircraft Mechanic Class 2A posing for their graduation photo in front of a B-18 Bolo bomber at Hickam Field, Oahu, US Territory of Hawaii, 5 Jun 1940	The Gantry Crane over the Pearl Harbor drydocks under construction, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 20 Jun 1940.

Aerial view of Ewa Field, Oahu, Hawaii, 12 Jul 1940. Although clearly an airship mooring field, this photo was not taken from an airship since no airship ever came within sight of this field.	Floating Drydock YFD-2 arriving in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 23 Aug 1940. Note that it is still painted with markings from the Naval Station at New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.

Bachelor officers quarters at Kaneohe Naval Air Station, Oahu, US Territory of Hawaii, date unknown	Hickam Field main gate, 1940s.

Hospital at Hickam Field, Oahu, US Territory of Hawaii, as seen from the base water tower, 1941	Aerial view of Ford Island in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 7 Jan 1941. Note the Pearl Harbor Naval Operating Base in the foreground and the carrier USS Lexington (Lexington-class) on the far side of Ford Island.

Admiral Husband Kimmel at the headquarters of the US Navy Pacific Fleet, Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, Feb-Dec 1941	Enlisted barracks in a “tent city” at Marine Corps Air Station Ewa, Oahu, Hawaii shortly after commissioning, Feb 1941.

Marine Corps Air Station Ewa, Oahu, Hawaii shortly after commissioning, Feb 1941 showing the crow’s nest of the mooring mast converted into the airstrip’s control tower.	The mooring mast at Ewa Field, Oahu, Hawaii converted for use as a control tower, Feb 13, 1941.

Admiral Husband Kimmel with his chief of staff Captain William "Poco" Smith and his operations officer Captain Walter Delany at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, 1941	Grumman F3F “Flying Barrel” fighters fly by the mooring mast at Marine Corps Air Station Ewa, Oahu, Hawaii, mid-1941.