The Smith Family de Havilland Mosquito and its link to RAF East Fortune
Vintage Aviation News
APRIL 15, 2025
Photo by Grant Newman With the outbreak of war in 1939, East Fortune was requisitioned by the Air Ministry for development and by 1941, three concrete runways, three maintenance hangars and off site accommodation had been constructed to house an influx of aircraft and personnel for its wartime role. Note the camouflaged concrete runways.
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