A veteran of 333 Squadron Royal Norwegian Air Force, which was based at Wormit in the Second World War, has died at 93.
Egil D Johansen served at Woodhaven with the Norwegian unit from its formation in February 1942.
There are still people in the area who remember the Catalinas which flew clandestine, anti-submarine and reconnaissance missions from Woodhaven to Norway.
He died on May 19 in Sandefjord, south of Oslo. The funeral service will be held in Sandefjord on Tuesday.
Mr Johansen and a friend had set out from Bergen at the end of April 1941, heading for Shetland in a two-man canoe, but were spotted and attacked by a German plane. He eventually made it to Shetland on the fishing boat Stal I in September 1941.
Volunteering to fight for the Allies, he was sent to Woodhaven to join 1477 Flight of 210 Squadron Coastal Command Royal Air Force. He served as flight mechanic and also air gunner.
Later 1477 flight became 333 Squadron Royal Norwegian Air Force, and moved to Norway at the end of the war. Mr Johansen remained in the Norwegian Air Force and retired as a lieutenant colonel.
In the 1970s, when Wormit Boating Club had moved to Woodhaven, treasurer David Owen began inquiring about the wartime activities there.
At the same time,Mr Johansen made contact to renew the friendships which had been forged during the war. The two became close friends and sowed the seeds of the links that remain with 333 Squadron.
The links continue on June 14 when the Fife boating club hosts a visit from crew members of an Orion P3 of 333 Squadron.