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There he did his comedy feeling that show business could provide the only escape from the icy hell of RAF Wig Bay in wintertime where it was so cold the men literally slept in their uniforms. Everyone shaved fully dressed he remembered, you stood in ablutions at seven thirty in the morning singing
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on 7 September 1942 and volunteered for aircrew but failed on his eye sight. He was then transferred to the RAF Regiment and after 2 months he was redirected to the transit office in
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Atlantic taking a heavy toll on merchant shipping the area became an important centre for anti-U-boat operations. Flying boats operated from the loch to protect allied shipping making its way to Liverpool or Glasgow either via the
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1883:Douglas Head
1878:Chicken Rock
1860:Minor lights
1840:Out Skerries
1777:Minor lights
1732:Cantick Head
1704:Minor lights
1694:Tiumpan Head
1590:Minor lights
1555:Scurdie Ness
1545:St Abbs Head
1535:Rattray Head
1455:Crammag Head
1440:Corran Point
1410:Ardnamurchan
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624:209 Squadron
620:Saro Lerwick
601:
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420:Focal height
378:Power source
338:Construction
258:
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18:SS Loch Ryan
1870:Isle of Man
1855:Ve Skerries
1830:Little Holm
1767:Start Point
1654:Neist Point
1624:Eilean Glas
1619:Dubh Artach
1580:Tarbat Ness
1575:Sule Skerry
1500:Isle of May
1485:Girdle Ness
1470:Dunnet Head
1425:Buchan Ness
1405:Ailsa Craig
1381:Lighthouses
1027:as well as
1003:Rail access
820:West Freugh
727:Portpatrick
661:Ἀβραουάννος
651:'s toponym
330:Constructed
317: /
292:Coordinates
234:Settlements
206:Max. length
130: /
105:Coordinates
1918:Categories
1815:Firths Voe
1689:Skerryvore
1609:Barra Head
1560:Stoer Head
1520:North Rona
1430:Cape Wrath
1110:References
1029:Kilmarnock
929:Stena Line
768:South Deep
764:North Deep
653:Abrauannus
597:Ice sheets
567:Quaternary
521:and South
458:pronounced
302:54°58′28″N
214:Max. depth
115:54°59′10″N
99:, Scotland
1825:Hoo Stack
1757:Noup Head
1684:Scarinish
1585:Turnberry
1525:Noss Head
1495:Inchkeith
1480:Fife Ness
1445:Corsewall
1420:Bell Rock
1415:Bass Rock
1323:Bell, A.
1185:Geography
953:Cairnryan
901:Ark Royal
885:Ark Royal
868:Ark Royal
578:Irish Sea
543:Paleozoic
511:Stranraer
483:Cairnryan
479:Stranraer
446:Loch Ryan
346:Automated
305:5°01′51″W
242:Cairnryan
238:Stranraer
118:5°03′18″W
73:Loch Ryan
31:Loch Ryan
1800:Eshaness
1787:Shetland
1772:Tor Ness
1737:Copinsay
1722:Auskerry
1699:Ushenish
1601:Hebrides
1435:Chanonry
1393:Scotland
1059:See also
1039:for the
1037:Carlisle
1033:Dumfries
866:and HMS
816:Luce Bay
766:and the
758:and the
677:Luce Bay
639:and the
605:Kirkcolm
589:Ice ages
580:towards
551:shearing
547:Devonian
523:Ayrshire
519:Galloway
467:sea loch
401:Heritage
393:Operator
370:Markings
246:Kirkcolm
197:Scotland
149:Sea loch
93:Location
1795:Bressay
1644:Lismore
1639:Hyskeir
1634:Haskeir
1540:Rubh Re
1383:of the
1182:Ptol.,
1045:Preston
791:or the
750:During
649:Ptolemy
622:of RAF
593:glacier
560:Pangaea
555:Permian
1714:Orkney
1679:Ruvaal
1659:Ornsay
1649:Monach
1570:Stroma
1530:Pladda
1460:Davaar
1331:
1286:Online
1202:
1156:17 May
981:SeaCat
961:&
804:whales
784:U-boat
756:Mersey
354:Height
261:
1820:Foula
1550:Sanda
1475:Fidra
1318:Books
1188:2.3.2
1049:Crewe
985:Troon
915:Today
894:Eagle
878:Eagle
864:Eagle
760:Clyde
732:Rhins
675:into
671:, or
609:terns
428:Range
362:Shape
268:
192:Basin
1599:The
1329:ISBN
1233:2012
1158:2016
1051:and
1035:and
1023:and
945:and
931:and
925:RORO
907:The
899:HMS
892:HMS
883:HMS
881:and
876:HMS
812:sunk
539:A718
529:and
505:and
349:1964
333:1847
144:Type
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1017:Ayr
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