RNAS_East_Haven_(HMS_Peewit)

RNAS East Haven (HMS <i>Peewit</i>)

RNAS East Haven (HMS Peewit)

Former Royal Naval Air Station in Angus, Scotland

Royal Naval Air Station East Haven (RNAS East Haven, also known as HMS Peewit) is a former Royal Navy, Fleet Air Arm station, situated 3 miles (5 km) south west of Arbroath, Angus, Scotland. It was a purpose built airfield for a Deck Landing Training school, and was operational between 1943 and 1946.

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The airfield was located 0.5 miles (1 km) north of the coastal village of East Haven, Angus, and 11 miles (18 km) north east of Dundee.[1]

The following units were here at some point:[2]

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References

  1. [1]
    "RNAS East Haven". Royal Navy Research Archive. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  2. [2]
    "East Haven". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
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