Del Monte (124.85E 8.35N) was an airfield on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines constructed on a former pineapple plantation. (Yes, that Del Monte.) Finished just before war broke out, the field was well stocked with munitions and fuel (including 600,000 gallons of aviation gasoline), was capable of servicing heavy bombers, was out of range of Japanese bases on Formosa, and was overlooked by Japanese intelligence. MacArthur intended to base all the B-17 bombers of the Far East Air Force here, but only about half the 35 bombers in the islands had been relocated here when war broke out. The others were destroyed by a Japanese raid on Clark Field eight hours after war broke out.
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