RAF East Fortune
| RAF East Fortune | |||||||||||
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| East Fortune, East Lothian in Scotland | |||||||||||
RAF-era buildings still stand on the airfield, now the National Museum of Flight | |||||||||||
| Site information | |||||||||||
| Type | Royal Air Force satellite station | ||||||||||
| Code | EF | ||||||||||
| Owner | Air Ministry | ||||||||||
| Operator | Royal Naval Air Service Royal Air Force | ||||||||||
| Controlled by | RAF Fighter Command 1940–42 * No. 81 (OTU) Group RAF RAF Coastal Command 1942– * No. 17 Group RAF | ||||||||||
| Location | |||||||||||
| Coordinates | 55°59′56″N 002°43′01″W / 55.99889°N 2.71694°W | ||||||||||
| Site history | |||||||||||
| Built | 1915 & 1940 | ||||||||||
| In use | 1915–1920 1940–1961 | ||||||||||
| Battles/wars | European theatre of World War II | ||||||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||||||
| Elevation | 29 metres (95 ft) AMSL | ||||||||||
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Royal Air Force East Fortune, or more simply RAF East Fortune, is a former Royal Air Force station located just south of the village of East Fortune. It is a short distance east of Edinburgh, in Scotland. RAF East Fortune was used as a fighter station during the First World War and later used by a night fighter operational training unit during the Second World War. The motto of the station is "Fortune Favours the Bold".
Following the Second World War, the runways were taken over for local private aviation use. The former RAF buildings have been used for the National Museum of Flight since 1976. The airfield is a Scheduled Monument.