No. 161 Squadron RAF
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No. 161 Squadron RAF was a secretive Royal Air Force unit in World War II that specialized in clandestine missions, including inserting and extracting agents and supplies behind enemy lines, particularly in occupied Europe.
All labels observed (1)
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| No. 161 Squadron RAF canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18813068 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: No. 161 Squadron RAF Context triple: [Westland Lysander, usedByUnit, No. 161 Squadron RAF]
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No. 216 Squadron RAF
No. 216 Squadron RAF was a Royal Air Force transport and air-to-air refuelling unit that operated various aircraft over its history, including the Lockheed TriStar, to support global airlift and tanker missions.
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No. 151 Squadron RAF
No. 151 Squadron RAF was a Royal Air Force fighter unit best known for its night-fighter operations during the Second World War.
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No. 616 Squadron RAF
No. 616 Squadron RAF was a Royal Air Force fighter unit that notably flew Supermarine Spitfires during the Second World War and later became one of the first squadrons to operate jet aircraft.
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D.
No. 141 Squadron RAF
No. 141 Squadron RAF was a Royal Air Force fighter unit that served during the Second World War, notably operating turret-armed night fighters in the air defense of Britain.
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E.
No. 131 Squadron RAF
No. 131 Squadron RAF was a Royal Air Force fighter squadron that served during the Second World War, operating primarily in air defense and offensive operations over Europe.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: No. 161 Squadron RAF Target entity description: No. 161 Squadron RAF was a secretive Royal Air Force unit in World War II that specialized in clandestine missions, including inserting and extracting agents and supplies behind enemy lines, particularly in occupied Europe.
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A.
No. 216 Squadron RAF
No. 216 Squadron RAF was a Royal Air Force transport and air-to-air refuelling unit that operated various aircraft over its history, including the Lockheed TriStar, to support global airlift and tanker missions.
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B.
No. 151 Squadron RAF
No. 151 Squadron RAF was a Royal Air Force fighter unit best known for its night-fighter operations during the Second World War.
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C.
No. 616 Squadron RAF
No. 616 Squadron RAF was a Royal Air Force fighter unit that notably flew Supermarine Spitfires during the Second World War and later became one of the first squadrons to operate jet aircraft.
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D.
No. 141 Squadron RAF
No. 141 Squadron RAF was a Royal Air Force fighter unit that served during the Second World War, notably operating turret-armed night fighters in the air defense of Britain.
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E.
No. 131 Squadron RAF
No. 131 Squadron RAF was a Royal Air Force fighter squadron that served during the Second World War, operating primarily in air defense and offensive operations over Europe.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.