RNAS East Haven (HMS Peewit)
{{Short description|Former Royal Naval Air Station in Angus, Scotland}}
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| name = RNAS East Haven (HMS Peewit)
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| location = East Haven, Angus
| country = Scotland
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| type = Royal Naval Air Station
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| pushpin_map_caption = Shown within Angus
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| ownership = Admiralty
| operator = Royal Navy
| controlledby = Fleet Air Arm
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| built = {{Start date|1943}}
| used = 1943 - {{End date|1949}}
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| battles = European theatre of World War II
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| r1-number = 01/19
| r1-length = {{Convert|969|m|0}}
| r1-surface = Concrete
| r2-number = 05/23
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| r3-number = 10/28
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| r4-number = 14/32
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Royal Naval Air Station East Haven (RNAS East Haven, also known as HMS Peewit) is a former Royal Navy, Fleet Air Arm station, situated {{convert|3|mi|0}} south west of Arbroath, Angus, Scotland. It was a purpose built airfield for a Deck Landing Training school, and was operational between 1943 and 1946.
The airfield was located {{convert|0.5|mi|0}} north of the coastal village of East Haven, Angus, and {{convert|11|mi|0}} north east of Dundee.{{cite web |url=https://www.royalnavyresearcharchive.org.uk/FAA-Bases/East_Haven.htm |title=RNAS East Haven |website=Royal Navy Research Archive|access-date=30 August 2023}}
The following units were here at some point:{{cite web|url=https://www.abct.org.uk/airfields/airfield-finder/east-haven/ |title=East Haven |publisher=Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust|access-date=9 March 2023}}
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{{Royal Naval Air Stations}}
{{Royal Navy shore establishments|state=collapsed}}