RAF East Fortune

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RAF East Fortune
East Fortune, East Lothian in Scotland
RAF-era buildings still stand on the airfield, now the National Museum of Flight
RAF East Fortune Shown within East Lothian Show map of East Lothian RAF East Fortune RAF East Fortune (the United Kingdom) Show map of the United Kingdom
Coordinates	55°59′56″N 002°43′01″W / 55.99889°N 2.71694°W / 55.99889; -2.71694
Type	Royal Air Force satellite station
Code	EF[1]
Site information
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[1]
Site history
Built	1915 (1915) & 1940
In use	1915–1920 1940–1961 (1961)[2]
Battles/wars	European theatre of World War II
Airfield information
Elevation	29 metres (95 ft)[1] AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 00/00  Tarmac 00/00  Tarmac 00/00  Tarmac

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".^[3]

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.^[4]