http://www.oureastlothian.org/site images & stories of east lothian life Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:00:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://www.oureastlothian.org/site/our-photographs/c-watch-from-dirleton-gci-station/#comment-11 Liz Bruton Thu, 01 May 2008 16:32:11 +0000 http://www.oureastlothian.org/site/our-photographs/c-watch-from-dirleton-gci-station/#comment-11 This is another test comment with Javascript turned on This is another test comment with Javascript turned on

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]]> http://www.oureastlothian.org/site/our-photographs/c-watch-from-dirleton-gci-station/#comment-7 Ian Brown Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:37:40 +0000 http://www.oureastlothian.org/site/our-photographs/c-watch-from-dirleton-gci-station/#comment-7 Dirleton GCI was set up in 1941 to provide ground control of night fighters, directing them towards hostile bombers heading for Edinburgh, primarily at night. Although there do not appear to have been any bombers shot down by aircraft controlled by Dirleton, adjacent stations at St Quivox (near Ayr) and Northstead (in Northumberland) certainly did control many successful interceptions. Instead, Dirleton was used for interception training with aircraft from units in the surrounding area, such as Drem, East Fortune and Charterhall. Dirleton GCI was set up in 1941 to provide ground control of night fighters, directing them towards hostile bombers heading for Edinburgh, primarily at night. Although there do not appear to have been any bombers shot down by aircraft controlled by Dirleton, adjacent stations at St Quivox (near Ayr) and Northstead (in Northumberland) certainly did control many successful interceptions. Instead, Dirleton was used for interception training with aircraft from units in the surrounding area, such as Drem, East Fortune and Charterhall.

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