The Donibee Sculpture - 7 years on
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The Donibee Sculpture - 7 years on
Image: © M J Richardson Taken: 4 May 2012
A memorial to the military and civilian personnel who served at Donibristle airfield and aircraft repair yard from 1917 to closure in 1959. At Dalgety Bay Halt, Hillend. Simon Johnston's photo and description from 2005 Image contains a lot of information and links. After 7 years the roundel has become a little flakey and the plaque is not so clear to read Image Currently in the news because many aircraft surplus to requirements were broken up and dumped in the area, and radioactive particles can be found on the nearby beach. These have come from the instruments which had luminous paint on their dials to allow them to be read at night, much as watches did in earlier days.
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Image Location
Latitude
56.041993
Longitude
-3.36868