| Country: | Scotland |
| Official Name: | Whitecairns |
| Static Image: | The Old Shop, Frasers, Whitecairns - geograph.org.uk - 950319.jpg |
| Static Image Width: | 240px |
| Static Image Caption: | The Old Shop, Whitecairns |
| Os Grid Reference: | NJ922182 |
| Coordinates: | 57.255°N -2.13°W |
| Map Type: | Scotland |
| Post Town: | ABERDEEN |
| Postcode District: | AB23 |
| Postcode Area: | AB |
| Dial Code: | 01358 01651 |
Whitecairns is a village in the Formartine area of Aberdeenshire, Scotland,[1] lying north of Potterton and south of Pitmedden on the B999 road.
Regular bus services link Whitecairns with Potterton and Aberdeen to the south, and with Pitmedden and Tarves to the north.[2]
During the Second World War, Harestone Moss, close to Whitecairns was set up as a decoy site for RAF Dyce airfield. This was to trick the Luftwaffe into thinking that this was Dyce airfield at night.
The decoy was bombed on several occasions, two craters are still present today.
3 Aug 1940
3 Nov 1940
5 Dec 1940
18 July 1941
This decoy site had a bunker that housed a generator used to power the dummy airfield lights.
Web site: Civil Defence Incidents. Aberdeen City Council. 13 June 2012.