617 Squadron (Dambusters)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/617_Squadron_(Dambusters)

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	Royal Air Force station
gptkbp:aircraft	gptkb:aircraft gptkb:F-35B_Lightning_II
gptkbp:alliedWith	gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:awarded	gptkb:Distinguished_Flying_Cross gptkb:Distinguished_Service_Order gptkb:Victoria_Cross_(Guy_Gibson)
gptkbp:basisFor	gptkb:RAF_Scampton gptkb:RAF_Lossiemouth
gptkbp:battleHonours	gptkb:Normandy_1944 gptkb:Operation_Chastise Germany 1944-45 Channel & North Sea 1943-45 Tirpitz 1944
gptkbp:branch	gptkb:Royal_Air_Force
gptkbp:commander	Wing Commander John Butcher
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:currentAircraft	gptkb:F-35B_Lightning_II
gptkbp:disbanded	1955
gptkbp:formed	21 March 1943
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	617 Squadron (Dambusters)
gptkbp:inPopularCulture	gptkb:The_Dam_Busters_(book) gptkb:The_Dam_Busters_(film) gptkb:The_Dam_Busters_March
gptkbp:motto	Après moi le déluge
gptkbp:nickname	gptkb:The_Dambusters
gptkbp:notableFor	gptkb:Bouncing_bomb Attacks on German dams
gptkbp:notableMember	gptkb:Leonard_Cheshire gptkb:Guy_Gibson gptkb:David_Maltby gptkb:Mick_Martin
gptkbp:notableOperation	gptkb:Operation_Chastise
gptkbp:operatesIn	gptkb:HMS_Prince_of_Wales gptkb:HMS_Queen_Elizabeth
gptkbp:parentOrganization	gptkb:RAF_Marham
gptkbp:reformed	1958 2018
gptkbp:role	gptkb:center Precision bombing Multirole
gptkbp:website	https://www.raf.mod.uk/our-organisation/squadrons/617-squadron-dambusters/
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:EGXP
gptkbp:bfsLayer	8