Woodhaven Norwegian monument, 2015-08-04 (cropped)

Woodhaven used to be a small village between

Newport-on-Tay Newport-on-Tay is a small town in the north-east of Fife in Scotland, acting as a Commuting, commuter suburb for Dundee. The Fife Coastal Path passes through Newport-on-Tay. The area itself is surrounded by views of the two bridges that cross the ...

and

Wormit Wormit is a village on the south shore of the Firth of Tay in north-east Fife, Scotland. Its location at the southern end of the Tay Rail Bridge has led to it becoming a commuter suburb of Dundee. Together with Woodhaven and Newport-on-Tay, Wo ...

in Fife,

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. Due to expansion of these two villages over the years, it is now just the name for a harbour and pier (Grid Reference NO407270). During

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there was a flying boat station at Woodhaven operating four PBY5 Catalina aircraft manned by Flight A of No. 333 (Norwegian) Squadron, Royal Air Force. The Norwegian personnel were based at RAF Leuchars along with their colleagues in Flight B who flew land based Mosquito aircraft. The ship was moored off Woodhaven for several years, serving as a

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. A commemorative stone at the Woodhaven harbour reads: Next to the pier there has been ''The Old Boathouse''

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* http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=16176 Villages in Fife Newport-on-Tay {{Fife-geo-stub