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CFS Scenery--Wake 1941. This scenery shows the airfield used by US Navy and US Marines located on the Wake Atoll, 2300 miles west by southwest of Hawaii. Composed of three small islands - Peale, Wilkes and the main island Wake - in December 1941, the atoll was home to 450 Marines and sailors, Marine pilots of F4F Wildcat of squadron VMF-211, as well as nearly 1500 civilians, including employees of Pan Am airways, which operated a hotel and seaplane station as part of its Philippine Clipper service. By Edmundo Abad.