[2] In November 1941 the station was hit by two bombs from a Junkers Ju 88 bomber, killing one person and injuring three others.

Hawker Hurricane, Supermarine Spitfire and North American Mustang aircraft flew from Longside airfield to provide protection for eastern convoys.

[2] During the 1990s, the airfield site was inspected and aerial photographs were taken as part of an assessment for a proposed pipeline running between St Fergus and Peterhead Power Station.

These reports and photographs showed that pillboxes and many buildings still survived, although most of the land had by then returned to agricultural use.

At the time of the unveiling ceremony of the monument on 14 September 2003, there was a flypast from a Douglas Dakota of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight.