Aerial view of the Fighter 2 (Kukum) airfield on Guadalcanal. Construction was underway in December 1942, and U.S. Marine Corps Fighting Squadron VMF-124 was the first to land at Fighter 2 on 12 February 1943. The photo was taken from a Grumman J2F <i>Duck</i> utility plane.
U.S. Marine Corps photo 127-GR-88-108547
1943
Official U.S. Marine Corps photograph <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.usmcu.edu/sites/default/files/Guadalcanal%20108547.JPG">USMC 108547</a> from the USMC University history division <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.usmcu.edu/hdphotos/Guadalcanal?page=46">[1]</a>.