8 Squadron RAF

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/8_Squadron_RAF

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	Royal Air Force station
gptkbp:aircraft_operated	gptkb:Vickers_Wellington gptkb:Fairey_Battle gptkb:Bristol_F.2_Fighter gptkb:Lockheed_Hudson gptkb:Avro_Shackleton gptkb:Hawker_Hart gptkb:Boeing_E-3_Sentry gptkb:Boeing_RC-135W_Rivet_Joint
gptkbp:allegiance	gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:badge	A star with a crescent moon
gptkbp:battleHonours	gptkb:Mediterranean_1942–1943 gptkb:North-West_Frontier_1930–1931 gptkb:South_Arabia_1964–1967 gptkb:Western_Front_1915–1918 Iraq 1919–1920 North Africa 1942–1943
gptkbp:branch	gptkb:Royal_Air_Force
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:current_base	gptkb:RAF_Waddington
gptkbp:formed	1 January 1915
gptkbp:garrison	gptkb:RAF_Waddington
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	8 Squadron RAF
gptkbp:motto	Uspice
gptkbp:nickname	gptkb:Shackleton_Squadron
gptkbp:notableCommander	gptkb:Arthur_Coningham gptkb:John_Grandy
gptkbp:operational_since	1915
gptkbp:previous_base	gptkb:RAF_Khormaksar gptkb:RAF_Lossiemouth gptkb:RAF_Kinloss gptkb:RAF_Aden gptkb:RAF_Habbaniya
gptkbp:role	Surveillance Airborne early warning
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:RAF_Aden
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7