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East Haven
 

During WW2, the Fleet Air Arm needed places to train pilots and East Haven was one of those places. Commissioned as HMS Peewit, the base had a aircraft carrier deck marked out on the runway to give the pilots something to aim for. After the war was over the station was paid-off and was returned to the original owners.

A number of small aircraft type hangars can be found, still doing sterling service in the agricultural sector, along with a number of brick buildings. Most notable is a long, low command bunker in the field opposite Hatton House.

It was the norm to name an airfield after the nearest place, which in this case would have been Hatton, however it was named East Haven, to avoid confusion with the RNAS station at Hatston, near Kirkwall.

East Haven hangar East Haven hangar