47 Squadron RAF

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Royal Air Force station
gptkbp:aircraft_operated gptkb:Armstrong_Whitworth_Whitley
gptkb:Handley_Page_Hampden
gptkb:Vickers_Wellington
gptkb:aircraft
gptkb:Fairey_Battle
gptkb:Short_Stirling
gptkb:Douglas_Dakota
gptkb:de_Havilland_Mosquito
gptkb:Bristol_Beaufighter
gptkb:Westland_Lysander
Lockheed Hercules C.1
gptkbp:aircraftType gptkb:aircraft
Transport aircraft
Bomber aircraft
gptkbp:basedIn gptkb:RAF_Brize_Norton
gptkbp:battleHonours gptkb:Iraq_2003
Afghanistan 2001-2014
Burma 1942-1945
Greece 1940-1941
Western Front 1916-1918
gptkbp:branch gptkb:Royal_Air_Force
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:decorations gptkb:Distinguished_Flying_Cross
gptkb:Distinguished_Service_Order
gptkb:Mentioned_in_Despatches
Air Force Cross
gptkbp:disbanded 2023
gptkbp:engagedIn gptkb:Falklands_War
gptkb:Gulf_War
gptkb:Iraq_War
gptkb:World_War_I
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkb:War_in_Afghanistan_(2001–2021)
gptkbp:formed 1 March 1916
gptkbp:garrison gptkb:RAF_Brize_Norton
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 47 Squadron RAF
gptkbp:identificationSymbolLabel Squadron Badge
gptkbp:last_aircraft_operated gptkb:Lockheed_C-130J_Hercules
gptkbp:motto Nili Nisi Rectum (Nothing but the right)
gptkbp:nickname The Elephant Squadron
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Arthur_Tedder
gptkb:John_Grandy
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:No._38_Group_RAF
gptkbp:recognizedBy An elephant
gptkbp:role gptkb:Transport
Tactical airlift
gptkbp:website https://www.raf.mod.uk/our-organisation/squadrons/47-squadron/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Joint_Special_Forces_Aviation_Wing
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7