MAKE A MEME View Large Image Aircraft shelters at MCAS Ewa (interior).jpg Aircraft shelters at the former Marine Corps Air Station Ewa Hawaii As a reaction to the proven vulnerability of exposed aircraft these revetments were erected in 1942 to provide protection for ...
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Keywords: Aircraft shelters at MCAS Ewa (interior).jpg Aircraft shelters at the former Marine Corps Air Station Ewa Hawaii As a reaction to the proven vulnerability of exposed aircraft these revetments were erected in 1942 to provide protection for carrier based planes according to the drawings dated 25 April 1942 This grouping is by far the largest grouping of revetment of any kind still extant in the Pacific area In addition they are significant because these revetments are the only known examples of this type of revetment in the Pacific and are a distinctive construction type LOC-image HABS HI 2-EWA V 1A-8 Historic American Building Surveys http //www loc gov/pictures/item/HI0408/ photo http //lcweb2 loc gov/cgi-bin/displayPhoto pl path /pnp/habshaer/hi/hi0400/hi0408/photos topImages 333005pr jpg topLinks 333005pv jpg 333005pu tif title HABS 20HI 2-EWA V 1A-8 displayProfile 0 HABS HI 2-EWA V 1A-8 s 1990 Historic American Buildings Survey frame removed PD-USGov Naval Air Station Barbers Point aircraft revetments Historic American Buildings Survey files - Naval Air Station Barbers Point
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