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617 Squadron (Dambusters)
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/617_Squadron_(Dambusters)
GPTKB entity
Statements (44)
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
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