617 Squadron (RAF)

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

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	Royal Air Force station
gptkbp:aircraft_operated	gptkb:aircraft gptkb:Avro_Lincoln gptkb:Lockheed_Martin_F-35B_Lightning_II
gptkbp:associatedWith	gptkb:Bouncing_bomb gptkb:Barnes_Wallis
gptkbp:badge	Eagle holding a bomb
gptkbp:basedIn	gptkb:RAF_Marham
gptkbp:basisFor	gptkb:RAF_Marham
gptkbp:battleHonours	gptkb:Gulf_1991 gptkb:World_War_II gptkb:Iraq_2003 gptkb:Normandy_1944 gptkb:Operation_Chastise France and Germany 1944–45
gptkbp:branch	gptkb:Royal_Air_Force
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 (RAF)
gptkbp:motto	Après moi le déluge
gptkbp:nickname	gptkb:The_Dambusters
gptkbp:notableCommander	gptkb:Leonard_Cheshire gptkb:Guy_Gibson
gptkbp:notableFor	gptkb:Dambusters_raid
gptkbp:notableOperation	gptkb:Operation_Chastise
gptkbp:parentOrganization	gptkb:RAF_Air_Command
gptkbp:previous_base	gptkb:RAF_Scampton gptkb:RAF_Akrotiri gptkb:RAF_Cottesmore gptkb:RAF_Binbrook gptkb:RAF_Digri gptkb:RAF_Hemswell gptkb:RAF_Honington gptkb:RAF_Strubby gptkb:RAF_Upwood gptkb:RAF_Wittering gptkb:RAF_Woodhall_Spa gptkb:RAF_Coningsby gptkb:RAF_Lossiemouth gptkb:RAF_Waddington gptkb:RAF_Finningley gptkb:RAF_St_Eval
gptkbp:reformed	1958 2018
gptkbp:role	gptkb:center
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:bombing_of_Peenemünde
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5