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8 Squadron RAF
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/8_Squadron_RAF
GPTKB entity
Statements (37)
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
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