617 Squadron RAF

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/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