Location
Located on Enewetak Island. Alternate spellings include: Enewetak Enewetok or Eniwetok.
Construction
Built by the Americans, by echelons of the 110th Battalion
in late February 1944, and immediately
began building the bomber strip. On March 11, the first plane
landed and on April 5.
The first mission by permanently based
bomber squadrons was flown from Stickell Field. The completed
field, 6,800' long and 400' wide, had two taxiways, facilities
for major engine-overhaul, and housing for aviation personnel
in quonset huts.
Often used as a ferry strip for B-24 and B-25 on missions to Truk and other targets. On April 18, B-24s from VD-3 fly a 13 hour flight from Eniwetok for coverage over Saipan.
Naming Honors
Named early in 1944 in honor
of Lt. John H. Stickell, Naval Aviator and former RAF pilot,
who died from wounds received in action during a low-level attack
on Jaluit in the Marshalls.
Units Based at Stickell Field
USN VD-4 from Barbers Point May 1944 - October 12, 1944 to Guam
Today
The airfield still remains, but is no longer an active.
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