Hawaii Aviation

Dummy airfield near Wheeler Field, 1942.

Capt. Wilfred H. Tetley, Commander of Signal Company Aircraft Warning, Hawaii, and Capt. Kenneth P. Bergquest of 14th Pursuit Wing, Wheeler Field, with members of radar site survey team, 1941.

Lts. Taylor and Welch assinged to 15th Pursuit Group, Wheeler Field, took off from Haleiwa airfield in P-40B aircraft during the December 7, 1941 Japanese attack. Welch was credited with four kills and Taylor had two confirmed and two probable. Photo taken in January 1942.

Lts. Welch and Taylor receive the Distinguished Service Cross at Wheeler Field, January 1942.

P. G. Taylor, Wheeler Field.

L-5 airplanes were used to spray mosquito repellant around military bases in Hawaii, in the late 1940s.