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    The Leigh Light (L/L) was a British World War II era anti-submarine device used in the Battle of the Atlantic. It was a powerful (22 million candelas)...
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  • Kelli-Leigh Henry-Glover (born 1984/1985), known simply as Kelli-Leigh, is a British singer and songwriter. She is best known for being the uncredited...
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  • constituency) Leigh-on-Sea, Essex Pronounced /ˈlaɪ/: Leigh, Dorset Leigh, Gloucestershire Leigh, Kent Leigh, Staffordshire Leigh, Surrey Leigh, Wiltshire Leigh, Worcestershire...
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    was well into a crash dive. Wing Commander Humphry de Verde Leigh developed the Leigh light, a powerful floodlight steered by the ASV radar, allowing aircraft...
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    gave adequate warning for evasive manoeuvres. The introduction of the Leigh Light by the British in January 1942 solved the second problem, thereby becoming...
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    Searchlight (redirect from Search light)
    the surface, charging their batteries. A large searchlight called a Leigh light was suspended from the bottom of the wing or fuselage, and would be used...
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    coast. For the development of what became the Leigh light, squadron leader Leigh fitted a 24-inch search light in the 'dustbin' turret of a DWI Wellington...
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    radar, which together with the Leigh light, gave them the ability to hunt U-boats by day and by night. Before the Leigh Light, not a single enemy submarine...
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    the Leigh light was introduced, allowing the U-boat to be picked up visually after it passed off the radar display. With the introduction of the Leigh light...
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    flight had a very short life, being disbanded on 18 March 1941. No. 1417 (Leigh Light Trials) Flight (1417 (LLT) Flt) was a Royal Air Force flight established...
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