Funafuti Seaplane Base

Nanumea | Tuvalu

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Location
Located on the south-eastern side of Nukufetau on Motulalo Island.

Construction
Built by USN Seabees on Motulalo island as an alternative strip to Nanumea and Funafuti and allow for further dispersal of aircraft in the region. Two intersecting runways formed an "X" shape.

Wartime Usage
Operational before November 1943 to aid in the battle for Tarawa. No Japanese attacks were ever made against the strip.

Units based at Motulalo
331 Marine Scout Bombing Squadron

Today
Abandoned since the war.

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