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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Finishing work on control tower structure.

Preparing deck for parking area workshop.

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Navy Hellcat - the first to land on 78th built strip.

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From coral surfaced airstrips such as this, war is brought to doomed enemy held bases.

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