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Fairy Lochs, the Glossary

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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]

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  1. 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.

  2. 1945 in Scotland
  3. 1945 in military history
  4. 1945 in the United States
  5. 20th-century history of the United States Air Force
  6. Aviation accidents and incidents in 1945
  7. Aviation accidents and incidents locations in Scotland
  8. Foreign relations of Scotland
  9. June 1945 events in the United Kingdom
  10. United States Army Air Forces
  11. 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.

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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.

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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.

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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).

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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 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

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairy_Lochs