British Air Transport Auxiliary
GPTKB entity
Statements (61)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instance_of |
gptkb:organization
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| gptkbp:activities |
ferrying aircraft
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| gptkbp:affiliated_with |
gptkb:Royal_Air_Force
|
| gptkbp:aircraft_operated |
ferrying Avro Ansons
ferrying Avro Lancasters ferrying Beaufighters ferrying Bristol Beaufighters ferrying Consolidated Liberator bombers ferrying Dakotas ferrying Douglas Dakota transport aircraft ferrying Fortresses ferrying Handley Page Halifax bombers ferrying Handley Page Halifaxes ferrying Hawker Typhoons ferrying Hurricanes ferrying Lancasters ferrying Liberators ferrying Lockheed Hudsons ferrying Mosquitos ferrying North American Mustangs ferrying Short Stirling bombers ferrying Spitfires ferrying Stirlings ferrying Supermarine Spitfires ferrying Typhoons ferrying Vickers Wellington bombers ferrying Vickers Wellingtons ferrying Wellingtons ferrying de Havilland Mosquitos |
| gptkbp:aircraft_types_ferried |
gptkb:transport_aircraft
gptkb:trainer_aircraft gptkb:fighter_aircraft bombers |
| gptkbp:country |
gptkb:United_Kingdom
|
| gptkbp:dissolved |
1945
|
| gptkbp:founded |
gptkb:1940
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| gptkbp:headquarters |
gptkb:London,_United_Kingdom
|
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
British Air Transport Auxiliary
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| gptkbp:motto |
“ We Fly”
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| gptkbp:notable_person |
gptkb:Joan_Hughes
gptkb:Amy_Johnson Margaret Fairchild |
| gptkbp:number_of_members |
approximately 1,000
|
| gptkbp:operates_in |
gptkb:United_Kingdom
|
| gptkbp:operational_period |
gptkb:World_War_II
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| gptkbp:purpose |
transport aircraft during World War II
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| gptkbp:related_to |
gptkb:civil_aviation
gptkb:Royal_Air_Force gptkb:Women_Airforce_Service_Pilots gptkb:Air_Transport_Auxiliary World War II history British military history |
| gptkbp:service_type |
gptkb:civil_aviation
|
| gptkbp:significant_event |
gptkb:D-Day_landings
gptkb:Operation_Market_Garden gptkb:Operation_Overlord gptkb:Battle_of_Britain |
| gptkbp:successor |
gptkb:National_Guard
|
| gptkbp:type |
auxiliary air service
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Amy_Johnson
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
5
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