RAF East Fortune

RAF East Fortune

RAF East Fortune is a former RAF station, just south of the village of East Fortune in East Lothian, Scotland. The motto of the station was "Fortune Favours the Bold".

The foundation of East Fortune as an air base pre-dates the creation of the RAF; East Fortune was established as a fighter and airship base in 1915.

During World War II, RAF East Fortune was a flying training establishment, initially for night-fighter operations, changing to training for daylight operations from 1942, and eventually becoming base for a group of de Havilland Mosquito aircraft. It was also made available as an emergency landing option for bomber aircraft.

After the war the site ceased to be used by the RAF. In 1976 the Scottish Museum of Flight was opened on the site of the former RAF station.

ee also

*East Fortune
*Museum of Flight (Scotland)


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