Nanumea Airfield is a former World War II airfield on the island of Nanumea in the Ellice Islands.
F4F-4s of VMF-441 on alert at Nanumea 23 October 1943
F4Fs of VMF-441 at Nanumea, 19 September 1943
Nanumea is the northwesternmost atoll in the Polynesian nation of Tuvalu, a group of nine coral atolls and islands spread over about 400 miles (640 km) of the Pacific Ocean just south of the equator and west of the International Date Line. Nanumea is 4 km2 (1.5 sq mi) with a population of 512 people.
Nanumea atoll from space
Canoe carving on Nanumea
Beach of Nanumea atoll
Nanumea street scene (2008)