Real History of Ewa Field - Battle of Midway
From John Bond
Ewa Battlefield historian
2017-08-18
Attached is an introductory letter and attached information being sent to request possible information, photos or documentation about 1942 Naval aviation history, Battle of Coral Sea, Midway, etc. that can help document a National Register nomination of aircraft revetments at former MCAS Ewa Field.
One of the major findings is that many histories and archives are wrongly attributing operations to Naval Air Station Barbers Point because of mistaken command histories confusing the two different Hawaii airfields in 1942 and their periods of operation.
A review of many books published about this period often correctly attribute Ewa Field as a naval air group base but many archives and museums are not because of the way command histories were later misinterpreted confusing the two airfields.
| Ewa Field 1942 History.pdf https://tinyurl.com/yyf6qnyy Ewa Field Midway LTR.pdf https://tinyurl.com/y4puem28 |
Although not directly involved in the Battle of Midway it is nonetheless an interesting topic. The second PDF is a very good read.
