RAF East Fortune – Torpedo Training School
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Rafe East Fortune and Belhaven Sands
After the formation of the RAF in 1918, East Fortune became home to various quickly retitled units and operated as a Torpedo Training School, using a number of aircraft types. This included the Sopwith Cuckoo, the first aircraft-carrier-based aircraft capable of dropping torpedoes.
Sopwith Cuckoo
Sopwith Cuckoos from East Fortune practised torpedo dropping at Belhaven Sands
Both the Airship station and Torpedo Training School closed in February 1920 and flying at the airfield ceased.