RAF Drem
| RAF Drem RNAS Drem (HMS Nighthawk) West Fenton Aerodrome Gullane Aerodrome | |||||||||||
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| Drem, East Lothian in Scotland | |||||||||||
| Site information | |||||||||||
| Type | Royal Air Force station | ||||||||||
| Code | DE | ||||||||||
| Owner | Air Ministry Admiralty | ||||||||||
| Operator | Royal Flying Corps Royal Air Force Royal Navy | ||||||||||
| Controlled by | RAF Flying Training Command (1939) RAF Fighter Command (1939 - 1945) * No. 13 Group RAF Fleet Air Arm (1942 - 1946) *lodger unit (1942 - 1945) | ||||||||||
| Location | |||||||||||
| Coordinates | 56°01′19″N 2°47′38″W / 56.022°N 2.794°W | ||||||||||
| Site history | |||||||||||
| Built | 1917 | ||||||||||
| In use | 1917 - March 1946 | ||||||||||
| Battles/wars | First World War European theatre of World War II | ||||||||||
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| Elevation | 11 metres (36 ft) AMSL | ||||||||||
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Royal Air Force Drem, or more simply RAF Drem, is a former Royal Air Force station, just north of the village of Drem in East Lothian, Scotland. The motto of the station was Exiit Hinc Lumen which means "Light has departed from this place".