Statements (24)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:military_operation
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs |
gptkb:Operation_Jericho
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gptkbp:conductedBy |
gptkb:Royal_Air_Force
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gptkbp:conflict |
gptkb:World_War_II
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gptkbp:date |
18 February 1944
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Amiens Prison Raid
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gptkbp:location |
gptkb:Amiens,_France
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gptkbp:notableParticipant |
gptkb:No._21_Squadron_RAF
gptkb:No._464_Squadron_RAAF gptkb:No._487_Squadron_RNZAF gptkb:No._140_Wing_RAF gptkb:Group_Captain_Percy_Charles_Pickard |
gptkbp:objective |
to free French Resistance prisoners
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gptkbp:plannedBy |
gptkb:Allied_intelligence
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gptkbp:result |
prison walls breached
prisoners escaped casualties among prisoners and guards |
gptkbp:significance |
controversial due to civilian casualties
demonstrated precision low-level bombing |
gptkbp:target |
gptkb:Amiens_Prison
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gptkbp:usedInAircraft |
gptkb:de_Havilland_Mosquito
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gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Operation_Jericho
gptkb:Mosquito_B_Mk_IV |
gptkbp:bfsLayer |
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