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Belhaven Sands
| Also known as: | Belhaven / RAF Belhaven Sands |
| County: | East Lothian |
| Current Status: | Beach |
| Date: | June 1918 - November 1918 |
| Current Use: | Disused |
| Used By: | RAF |
| Landing Surface Type(s): | Unpaved |
| Aircraft Role(s): | Experimental |
Sopwith Cuckoos from East Fortune used the sands at Belhaven during the second half of 1918 for early torpedo dropping trials. A Bessonneau hangar existed here to assist personnel present.
The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 30/11/2018):
- Dunbar Community Council
- Dunbar Library
- West Barns Community Council
The following alternative information/mass media sources have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 30/11/2018):
- East Lothian Life http://www.eastlothianlife.co.uk/default.asp?page=issue&issue=105
Photograph of the plaque at Belhaven Sands, 2019. Courtesy of Dunbar Community Council
Aerial view of Belhaven Bay, taken from the east-south-east, 17 February 2005. © Crown Copyright: HES
Belhaven Sands, 12 March 2014.
Belhaven Sands, 1 November 2017.
View from the south-east across Belhaven Sands, 26 June 2019.
View from the south-east across Belhaven Sands, 26 June 2019.
