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Wheeler Army Air Field
Wahiawa, HI 96786
Wheeler Army Air Field
Wahiawa, HI 96786
TMK
(1) 7-7-various
SHPD Historic Site Number
80-08-1385
National Historic Landmark District
National Register of Historic Places
#87001297
Abstract
Established in 1922 as an army airfield, Wheeler Field occupied a former cavalry drill field adjacent to Schofield Barracks. Permanent structures, including officers’ quarters and club, noncommissioned officers’ quarters and club, chapel, dispensary, and administrative buildings, were erected in the early 1930s. The district includes the flight line, hangars, and the barracks building. Wheeler Field is significant for its association with the Japanese attack on December 7, 1941. Wheeler had a large number of fighter planes and the success of the Japanese attack on the American fleet in Pearl Harbor was dependent upon the destruction of these planes. Wheeler, along with other military airfields on Oahu, was rendered practically helpless, with 83 of its aircraft destroyed.
Established in 1922 as an army airfield, Wheeler Field occupied a former cavalry drill field adjacent to Schofield Barracks. Permanent structures, including officers’ quarters and club, noncommissioned officers’ quarters and club, chapel, dispensary, and administrative buildings, were erected in the early 1930s. The district includes the flight line, hangars, and the barracks building. Wheeler Field is significant for its association with the Japanese attack on December 7, 1941. Wheeler had a large number of fighter planes and the success of the Japanese attack on the American fleet in Pearl Harbor was dependent upon the destruction of these planes. Wheeler, along with other military airfields on Oahu, was rendered practically helpless, with 83 of its aircraft destroyed.
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