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British fighters to a point where they could make visual contact (i.e. within a mile or so). In darkness, however, central command had to direct night fighters to
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603:Congalton
449:September
425:caryatids
381:Edinburgh
342:2°47′06″W
261:Ambulance
201:Post town
1246:Ormiston
1236:Macmerry
1226:Kingston
1221:Inveresk
1181:Dirleton
1176:Carberry
1166:Belhaven
1151:Aberlady
943:Archived
888:Archived
865:Archived
766:31 March
674:Elbottle
618:The Bass
585:Salvador
543:Cromwell
519:Normandy
481:Archived
403:and the
391:(west),
387:(east),
369:Dirleton
326:Scotland
266:Scottish
254:Scottish
242:Scotland
183:Scotland
132:NT511841
102:Scotland
94:Dirleton
64:Dirleton
27:Dirleton
1261:Stenton
1206:Gifford
1201:Garvald
1135:Tranent
1110:Gullane
692:Gullane
650:Islands
552:, High
527:Gullane
508:of the
422:mermaid
389:Gullane
177:Country
1211:Humbie
1171:Bolton
1105:Dunbar
625:Humbie
589:Brazil
574:Nisbet
490:Castle
411:Locale
237:Police
119:(2022)
1256:Spott
1093:Towns
743:Notes
708:Radar
660:Ibris
656:Fidra
515:Rouen
505:caput
443:Weeks
227:01620
1186:Drem
768:2022
722:Drem
664:Lamb
593:Lamb
469:and
249:Fire
216:EH39
587:in
462:)
440:Two
375:in
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907:,
857:,
841:,
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658:,
612:,
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537:,
517:,
446:in
321:UK
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