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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| 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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| r2-number = 05/23

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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}}

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