Fairy Lochs, the Glossary
The Fairy Lochs is a recent English name for Na Lochan Sgeireach and are a small group of freshwater lochans approximately south-east of the village of Badachro, near Gairloch in Wester Ross, Scottish Highlands.[1]
Table of Contents
24 relations: Air Transport Command, Avro Lancaster, Badachro, Beinn Eighe, Bog, Bomb bay, Consolidated B-24 Liberator, Gair Loch, Gairloch, Glasgow Prestwick Airport, Iceland, Keflavík International Airport, Loch, Loch Bràigh Horrisdale, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, Scottish Highlands, Slioch, Stornoway, United States Army Air Forces, War grave, Warton Aerodrome, Wester Ross, World War II.
- 1945 in Scotland
- 1945 in military history
- 1945 in the United States
- 20th-century history of the United States Air Force
- Aviation accidents and incidents in 1945
- Aviation accidents and incidents locations in Scotland
- Foreign relations of Scotland
- June 1945 events in the United Kingdom
- United States Army Air Forces
- World War II memorials in Scotland
Air Transport Command
Air Transport Command (ATC) was a United States Air Force unit that was created during World War II as the strategic airlift component of the United States Army Air Forces.
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Avro Lancaster
The Avro Lancaster is a British Second World War heavy bomber.
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Badachro
Badachro is a former fishing village, in the northwest Highlands of Scotland.
Beinn Eighe
file mountain is a mountain massif in the Torridon area of Wester Ross in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. Fairy Lochs and Beinn Eighe are Aviation accidents and incidents locations in Scotland.
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Bog
A bog or bogland is a wetland that accumulates peat as a deposit of dead plant materials often mosses, typically sphagnum moss.
Bomb bay
The bomb bay or weapons bay on some military aircraft is a compartment to carry bombs, usually in the aircraft's fuselage, with "bomb bay doors" which open at the bottom.
Consolidated B-24 Liberator
The Consolidated B-24 Liberator is an American heavy bomber, designed by Consolidated Aircraft of San Diego, California.
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Gair Loch
The Gair Loch is a sea loch on the North West coast of Highland, Scotland. Fairy Lochs and Gair Loch are lochs of Highland (council area).
Gairloch
Gairloch (Geàrrloch, meaning "Short Loch") is a village, civil parish and community on the shores of Loch Gairloch in Wester Ross, in the North-West Highlands of Scotland.
Glasgow Prestwick Airport
Glasgow Prestwick Airport, commonly referred to as Prestwick Airport, is an international airport serving the west of Scotland, situated northeast of the town of Prestwick Scotland, and southwest of Glasgow, Scotland.
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Iceland
Iceland (Ísland) is a Nordic island country between the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe.
Keflavík International Airport
Keflavík Airport (Keflavíkurflugvöllur), also known as Reykjavík–Keflavík Airport, is the largest airport in Iceland and the country's main hub for international transportation.
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Loch
Loch is a word meaning "lake" or "sea inlet" in Scottish and Irish Gaelic, subsequently borrowed into English.
Loch Bràigh Horrisdale
Loch Bràigh Horrisdale is a small, irregular shaped, freshwater loch in Wester Ross, in the north west of Scotland. Fairy Lochs and loch Bràigh Horrisdale are freshwater lochs of Scotland and lochs of Highland (council area).
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Outer Hebrides
The Outer Hebrides or Western Isles (na h-Eileanan Siar, na h-Eileanan an Iar or label; Waster Isles), sometimes known as the Long Isle or Long Island (an t-Eilean Fada), is an island chain off the west coast of mainland Scotland.
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Scotland
Scotland (Scots: Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.
Scottish Highlands
The Highlands (the Hielands; a' Ghàidhealtachd) is a historical region of Scotland.
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Slioch
Slioch (Sleaghach) is a mountain in the Scottish Highlands situated in Wester Ross, eight kilometres north of the village of Kinlochewe.
Stornoway
Stornoway (Steòrnabhagh; Stornowa) is the main town, and by far the largest town, of the Outer Hebrides (or Western Isles), and the capital of Lewis and Harris in Scotland.
United States Army Air Forces
The United States Army Air Forces (USAAF or AAF) was the major land-based aerial warfare service component of the United States Army and de facto aerial warfare service branch of the United States during and immediately after World War II (1941–1947). Fairy Lochs and United States Army Air Forces are 20th-century history of the United States Air Force.
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War grave
A war grave is a burial place for members of the armed forces or civilians who died during military campaigns or operations.
Warton Aerodrome
Warton Aerodrome is an airfield located in Warton village on the Fylde in Lancashire, England.
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Wester Ross
Wester Ross is an area of the Northwest Highlands of Scotland in the council area of Highland. Fairy Lochs and Wester Ross are Ross and Cromarty.
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World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
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See also
1945 in Scotland
- 1945 Combined Scottish Universities by-election
- 1945 Edinburgh East by-election
- 1945 Motherwell by-election
- 1945 in Scotland
- Bruce Report
- Fairy Lochs
- German submarine U-714
1945 in military history
- 1945 British victory parade in Berlin
- 1945 Moscow Victory Parade
- Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- Battle of Berlin
- Berlin Declaration (1945)
- Berlin Victory Parade of 1945
- Bombing of Dresden
- British Military Administration (Borneo)
- British Military Administration (Malaya)
- Death of Benito Mussolini
- Debate over the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- End of World War II
- End of World War II in Asia
- End of World War II in Europe
- Fairy Lochs
- Freeman Field mutiny
- Golden Mile (POW camp)
- Hirohito surrender broadcast
- Liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp
- Liberation of the German-occupied Channel Islands
- Liberation of the Holýšov concentration camp
- Nazi gold train
- Operation Blacklist Forty
- Operation Grenade
- Operation Pluto
- Operation Tiderace
- Operation Undertone
- Rhineland Offensive
- Siege of Danzig (1945)
- Soviet Air Forces order of battle 1 May 1945
- Surrender of Japan
- Theft of medieval art from Quedlinburg
- Timeline of World War II (1945–1991)
- Trinity (nuclear test)
- Turkish declaration of war on Germany and Japan
1945 in the United States
- 1945 Japan–Washington flight
- 1945 Pulitzer Prize
- 1945 State of the Union Address
- 1945 in American television
- 1945 in the United States
- American logistics in the Western Allied invasion of Germany
- Fairy Lochs
- Flight 19
- Gouzenko Affair
- List of The New York Times number-one books of 1945
- Miss America 1945
- Operation Magic Carpet
- Potsdam Agreement
- Project Hula
- Sodder children disappearance
- Timeline of the Franklin D. Roosevelt presidency
- Timeline of the Harry S. Truman presidency
- Tornado outbreak of February 12, 1945
- Trinity (nuclear test)
- United States strike wave of 1945–1946
- Vehicle registration plates of the United States for 1945
20th-century history of the United States Air Force
- 1948 Lake Mead Boeing B-29 crash
- 1950 Fairfield-Suisun Boeing B-29 crash
- 1951 USAF resolution test chart
- 1957 Pacoima mid-air collision
- 1963 Elephant Mountain B-52 crash
- 1982 Thunderbirds Indian Springs Diamond Crash
- 1987 Indianapolis Ramada Inn A-7D Corsair II crash
- 1999 F-117A shootdown
- 4477th Test and Evaluation Squadron
- 9999th Air Reserve Squadron
- Aeronautical Division, U.S. Signal Corps
- Air Force Historical Research Agency
- Air War Plans Division
- Aircraft Board
- Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps
- Berlin Blockade
- Bomber Mafia
- Division of Military Aeronautics
- Eagles East
- Fairy Lochs
- Fighter Mafia
- First aerial circumnavigation
- Florida Automatic Computer
- Goldman v. Weinberger
- Green Ramp disaster
- Heavy Press Program
- History of Clark Air Base
- Industrial web theory
- Khobar Towers bombing
- Operation Combat Fox
- Operation Fiery Vigil
- Organization of United States Air Force units in the Gulf War
- Outline of the U.S. Air Force in Europe at the end of the Cold War
- Permanent System radar stations
- Project Space Track
- Revolt of the Admirals
- The Airmen of Note
- United States Army Air Forces
- United States Army Air Service
- United States bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade
Aviation accidents and incidents in 1945
- 1945 Australian National Airways Stinson crash
- 1945 Avro York crash
- 1945 Beiping C-46 crash
- 1945 Broadway Consolidated Liberator crash
- 1945 New Guinea Gremlin Special rescue
- 1945 RAAF Douglas C-47 disappearance
- 1945 Resko Przymorskie Dornier Do 24 crash
- Avro Lancaster PA278 disappearance
- China Clipper
- Commando (aircraft)
- Death of Subhas Chandra Bose
- Elvetham air crash
- Fairy Lochs
- Flight 19
- German and Allied aircraft losses during Operation Bodenplatte
- List of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft (1945–1949)
- List of accidents and incidents involving the DC-3 in 1945
- USAAF Boeing B-17 crash on North Barrule
Aviation accidents and incidents locations in Scotland
- Abernyte
- Beinn Eighe
- Ben More (Crianlarich)
- Burravoe
- Fairy Lochs
- Galloway Hills
- Glen Kinglas
- Port Logan
- Sandwood Bay
- St Kilda, Scotland
- Stob na Boine Druim-fhinn
- Yell, Shetland
Foreign relations of Scotland
- Act anent Peace and War 1703
- Borders of Scotland
- Cabinet Secretary for the Constitution, Europe and External Affairs
- Cabinet Secretary for the Constitution, External Affairs and Culture
- Communities Directorates
- Composite rules shinty–hurling
- Fairy Lochs
- International Exhibition of Science, Art and Industry
- International relations of Scotland
- Italian Chapel
- List of Shinty-Hurling international matches between Ireland and Scotland
- List of twin towns and sister cities in Scotland
- Moubray House
- Papal Jurisdiction Act 1560
- Scotland Malawi Partnership
- Scotland and the Thirty Years' War
- Scottish Development International
- Scottish Exhibition of National History, Art and Industry
- Scottish Fair Trade Forum
- Scottish Global Forum
- Scottish Refugee Council
- Scottish trade in the Middle Ages
- Scottish trade in the early modern era
- Scottish volunteers in the Spanish Civil War
- Shinty in the United States
- Shinty–Hurling International Series
- VisitScotland
June 1945 events in the United Kingdom
- 1945 Birthday Honours
- 1945 Northern Ireland general election
- Fairy Lochs
- Welsh Church (Burial Grounds) Act 1945
United States Army Air Forces
- 1924 United States Army Air Service aircraft designation system
- Air War Plans Division
- Arnold Scheme
- Aviation Cadet Training Program (USAAF)
- Battle of Kansas
- Bomb Rack
- Bomber Mafia
- Bombing of Dresden
- Bombs Away: The Story of a Bomber Team
- Fairy Lochs
- Flight officer
- Freeman Field mutiny
- History of the Civil Air Patrol
- List of strategic bombing over Germany in World War II
- M4 Survival Rifle
- M6 Aircrew Survival Weapon
- Operation Starvation
- Penghu air raids
- South Portland A-26 Invader crash
- Spaghetti Bowl (American football)
- The Army Air Forces in World War II
- The Wild Blue
- The Writing 69th
- Thunderclap plan
- United States Army Air Forces
- United States Army Air Forces in Australia
- United States Army Air Forces in the Central Pacific Area
- United States Army Air Forces in the South Pacific Area
- United States military aircraft national insignia
- Women Airforce Service Pilots
World War II memorials in Scotland
- 51st (Highland) Division War Memorial
- Bowerswell
- Cameronians War Memorial
- Commando Memorial
- Fairy Lochs
- Glasgow Cenotaph
- Kilmarnock War Memorial
- Kirkcudbright war memorial
- Lazaretto Point War Memorial
- Luss War Memorial
- Paisley War Memorial
- Pitlochry War Memorial
- Scottish National War Memorial