English: The Donibee Sculpture. In recognition of all civil and military personnel (The Donibees or sometimes misspelled Donnybees) who served at nearby Donibristle airfield and aircraft repair yard 1917-1959. Millennium Award. Sited at Dalgety Bay railway station. The immediately recognisable Spitfire wingtip shape is not coincidental. The signal in the background is situated at the west end of Platform 2, Dalgety Bay Station, Scottish East Coast Mainline Railway.

The airfield at Donibristle was opened in 1917 as a base for the Royal Naval Air Service (Fleet Air Arm). During World War II as HMS Merlin it was used as a Royal Naval Aircraft Repair Yard. After the war it was renamed HMS Cochrane, and decommissioned in 1959.

See p9 for an interesting aerial shot of Donibristle area during the time of MOD occupation. http://www.sepa.org.uk/pdf/radioactivity/dalgety_risk_assessment_report.pdf and if the subject matter is of interest, here's further reading http://www.sepa.org.uk/pdf/radioactivity/forumreportfeb08.pdf

More on Donibristle House: Donibristle House https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/462354.

Historic photos of Donibristle http://www.scran.ac.uk/database/results.php?&search_term=Donibristle

Donibristle Airfield, Officers' Mess cartoon dado Frieze depicting the workers in the officer's mess and airfield as Egyptians. http://www.rcahms.gov.uk/pls/portal/canmore.newcandig_details_imgsummary?inumlink=136132

Fleet Air Arm's 805 Squadron of Blackburn Rocs was formed at Donibristle in early May 1940 http://freespace.virgin.net/john.dell/blackburn_roc.htm Blackburn_Roc

Fleet Air Arm's 100 Squadron of Vickers Vildebeests was formed at Donibristle in Oct 1932 http://www.jaapteeuwen.com/ww2aircraft/html%20pages/VICKERS%20VILDEBEEST.htm

Fleet Air Arm's 820 Squadron of Fairy Swordfish http://www.fleetairarmarchive.net/aircraft/Swordfish.htm and later Barracudas http://www.fleetairarmarchive.net/aircraft/Barracuda.htm was disbanded at Donibristle in November 1943 after it had helped see off the mighty 'Bismark' in May 1941 and the Tirpitz in August 1944. http://www.fleetairarmarchive.net/Squadrons/820.html

Some Donibee stories: http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/66/a3834966.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/52/a4493252.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/14/a5354714.shtml http://mcglynnfamily.co.uk/page15.htm http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/66/a4098666.shtml http://www.rjerrard.co.uk/royalnavy/vict/vict.htm

Eric Melrose Brown http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/editors-choice/2008/06/25/record-breaking-scots-pilot-honoured-as-one-of-world-s-greatest-aviator-86908-20619932/