Del Monte Field was a heavy bomber airfield of the Far East Air Force (FEAF) of the United States Army Air Forces, located on Mindanao in the Philippines. The airfield was located in a meadow of a Del Monte Corporation pineapple plantation.
A B-17D of the 30th Bombardment Squadron being loaded with 100 and 500-pound bombs probably at Del Monte Field, Mindanao, Philippines, early in 1942. Note the Fortress is parked in a rough, dirt area and the early M1917 Helmet and pre-war uniform worn by one of the ground crew, indicating the photo was taken in a combat area in the first few weeks of the war.
Aerial view of Del Monte Landing Field, 1936
Gen. Douglas MacArthur evacuation memorial in Diklum, Bukidnon in Mindanao, bearing the inscription In alis vincimus (On wings we conquer)
Far East Air Force (United States)
The Far East Air Force (FEAF) was the military aviation organization of the United States Army in the Philippines just prior to and at the beginning of World War II. Formed on 16 November 1941, FEAF was the predecessor of the Fifth Air Force of the United States Army Air Forces and the United States Air Force.
A-27s of the 17th Pursuit Squadron at Nichols Field, November 1941.
Ceremony at Camp Murphy in Rizal marking the induction of the Philippine Army Air Corps into the U.S. Army on 15 August 1941.
Boeing B-17D Flying Fortress
Bombs being loaded into a B-17 of the 19th Bomb Group at Del Monte Field
