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 candela)...

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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...

gave adequate warning for evasive manoeuvres. The introduction of the Leigh Light by the British in January 1942 solved the second problem, thereby becoming...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Leigh Light. Humphrey de Verd Leigh was born at Aldershot, Hampshire on 26 July 1897, the son of Agnes Mary Leigh (1859–1944) and John de Verd Leigh (1861–1947)...

his only prior experience being with light training aircraft. Humphrey de Verd Leigh – inventor of the Leigh light which was developed to spotlight U-boats...

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...

Vivien Leigh (/liː/ LEE; born Vivian Mary Hartley; 5 November 1913 – 8 July 1967), styled as Lady Olivier after 1947, was a British actress. She won the...

mile (1,850 m), by which time it was already diving. In response, the Leigh light was developed. Though it had to overcome Air Ministry indifference, and...

Leigh Anne Bingham Nash (/liː/ LEE; born June 27, 1976) is an American singer and songwriter who is the lead vocalist for the Christian alternative rock...

intermittent cracking of the German Naval Enigma code, the introduction of the Leigh Light, long range patrol aircraft, escort carriers and the enormous US shipbuilding...

could enable the detection of surfaced U-boats. Airborne radar. The Leigh light airborne searchlight, in conjunction with airborne radar to surprise...

Leigh-Anne Pinnock (born 4 October 1991), also known mononymously as Leigh-Anne, is an English singer, songwriter and actress. She rose to prominence as...

Mike Leigh OBE FRSL (born 20 February 1943) is an English writer-director with a career spanning film, theatre and television. He has received numerous...

had to be seen to be attacked, a problem that was addressed with the Leigh light with rapidly increasing success. As German U-boat losses shot up in 1942...

position. In 1942 Coastal Command began forming units combined with ASV and Leigh Light to attack U-boats at night in transit to the Atlantic via the Bay of...

Amanda Leigh “Mandy” Moore (born April 10, 1984) is an American singer-songwriter and actress. She rose to fame with her debut single, "Candy", which...

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the Leigh Light, a searchlight that lit up the submarines during the last seconds of the approach. By early 1942, ASV Mark II and the Leigh Light had...

Makenzie Leigh (born August 8, 1990) is an American actress, noted for playing the protagonist's romantic interest in Ang Lee's Billy Lynn's Long Halftime...

Kelli-Leigh Henry-Davila (born 1984/1985), known simply as Kelli-Leigh, is a British singer and songwriter. She is best known for being the uncredited...

George Herbert Leigh-Mallory (18 June 1886 – 8 or 9 June 1924) was an English mountaineer who participated in the first three British Mount Everest expeditions...

during the day or night (at night using radar to detect the target and a Leigh light to illuminate it immediately before attacking), then quickly attacking...

Leigh syndrome (also called Leigh disease and subacute necrotizing encephalomyelopathy) is an inherited neurometabolic disorder that affects the central...

A light-emitting diode (LED) is a semiconductor device that emits light when current flows through it. Electrons in the semiconductor recombine with electron...

Leigh Genesis Football Club, formerly known as Horwich Railway Mechanics Institute F.C. (Horwich RMI) and Leigh Railway Mechanics Institute F.C. (Leigh...