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617 Squadron (RAF)
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/617_Squadron_(RAF)
GPTKB entity
Statements (49)
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
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