The MONAB Story

A history of the mobile airfields of the Royal Navy



The building of the US Navy airstrip on Ponam Island

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Preparing wiring for dynamite blast.

Diver (left) emerges from deep sea work

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Dynamite conveyed by dory for blasting solid coral rock

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Preparing dynamite laden burlap bags.

Coral blasting

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