617 Squadron RAF

GPTKB entity

Statements (62)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Royal Air Force station
gptkbp:aircraft gptkb:aircraft
gptkb:F-35B_Lightning_II
gptkbp:awarded gptkb:Victoria_Cross_(Leonard_Cheshire)
gptkb:Victoria_Cross_(Guy_Gibson)
gptkb:Victoria_Cross_(David_Maltby)
gptkb:Victoria_Cross_(Les_Knight)
gptkb:Victoria_Cross_(Willie_Reid)
gptkbp:basisFor gptkb:RAF_Marham
gptkbp:battleHonours gptkb:Operation_Goodwood
gptkb:Operation_Paravane
gptkb:Operation_Taxable
gptkb:Operation_Carthage
gptkb:Operation_Garlic
gptkb:Gulf_War
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkb:Operation_Herrick
gptkb:Operation_Shader
gptkb:Operation_Telic
gptkb:Operation_Catechism
gptkb:Operation_Exodus
gptkb:Operation_Manna
gptkb:Operation_Chastise
gptkb:Operation_Black_Buck
gptkb:Operation_Obviate
gptkbp:branch gptkb:Royal_Air_Force
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Leonard_Cheshire
gptkb:James_Tait
gptkb:Guy_Gibson
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:disbanded 1955
gptkbp:formed 21 March 1943
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 617 Squadron RAF
gptkbp:motto gptkb:Après_moi,_le_déluge
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:The_Dambusters
gptkbp:notableMember gptkb:Leonard_Cheshire
gptkb:Edward_Johnson
gptkb:David_Shannon
gptkb:Henry_Maudslay
gptkb:James_Tait
gptkb:Guy_Gibson
gptkb:Willie_Reid
gptkb:Joe_McCarthy
gptkb:George_Johnson
gptkb:David_Maltby
gptkb:Bill_Townsend
gptkb:Harold_Brownlow_Martin
gptkb:John_Hopgood
gptkb:John_Searby
gptkb:Les_Knight
gptkb:Mick_Martin
gptkb:Norman_Barlow
gptkbp:notableOperation gptkb:Operation_Chastise
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:RAF_Strike_Command
gptkb:RAF_Air_Command
gptkbp:previous_base gptkb:RAF_Scampton
gptkbp:reformed 1958
1983
2018
gptkbp:role precision bombing
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Tornado_GR4_(historical)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6