Lockheed Hudson
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The Lockheed Hudson was an American-built light bomber and maritime patrol aircraft widely used by Allied forces, particularly early in World War II for coastal reconnaissance, anti-submarine warfare, and convoy protection.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lockheed Hudson canonical | 10 |
| Lockheed Hudson (historical) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1354163 — 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.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lockheed Hudson Context triple: [RAF Coastal Command, operatedAircraft, Lockheed Hudson]
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A.
Douglas C-54 Skymaster
The Douglas C-54 Skymaster is a four‑engine, long‑range military transport aircraft developed from the DC‑4 airliner and widely used by the U.S. and allied forces during and after World War II.
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B.
Piper Saratoga
The Piper Saratoga is a high-performance, single-engine, six-seat light aircraft known for its use in general aviation and for being the model involved in the fatal crash of John F. Kennedy Jr.
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C.
Beechcraft King Air
The Beechcraft King Air is a family of twin-turboprop utility aircraft widely used around the world for military, government, and civilian transport, training, and special-mission roles.
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D.
Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor
The Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor is a twin-engine military transport and trainer aircraft, derived from the Beechcraft Model 18, that was widely used by the United States and allied air forces from World War II through the postwar era.
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E.
Curtiss C-46 Commando
The Curtiss C-46 Commando is a large American twin-engine transport aircraft widely used by the U.S. military in World War II for high-altitude, long-range cargo and troop operations.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lockheed Hudson Target entity description: The Lockheed Hudson was an American-built light bomber and maritime patrol aircraft widely used by Allied forces, particularly early in World War II for coastal reconnaissance, anti-submarine warfare, and convoy protection.
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A.
Douglas C-54 Skymaster
The Douglas C-54 Skymaster is a four‑engine, long‑range military transport aircraft developed from the DC‑4 airliner and widely used by the U.S. and allied forces during and after World War II.
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B.
Piper Saratoga
The Piper Saratoga is a high-performance, single-engine, six-seat light aircraft known for its use in general aviation and for being the model involved in the fatal crash of John F. Kennedy Jr.
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C.
Beechcraft King Air
The Beechcraft King Air is a family of twin-turboprop utility aircraft widely used around the world for military, government, and civilian transport, training, and special-mission roles.
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D.
Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor
The Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor is a twin-engine military transport and trainer aircraft, derived from the Beechcraft Model 18, that was widely used by the United States and allied air forces from World War II through the postwar era.
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E.
Curtiss C-46 Commando
The Curtiss C-46 Commando is a large American twin-engine transport aircraft widely used by the U.S. military in World War II for high-altitude, long-range cargo and troop operations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
light bomber
ⓘ
maritime patrol aircraft ⓘ military aircraft ⓘ |
| aircraftConfiguration | twin-engine monoplane ⓘ |
| armament |
bombs
ⓘ
depth charges ⓘ machine guns ⓘ |
| basedOn | Lockheed Model 14 Super Electra ⓘ |
| category |
Lockheed Aircraft Company
ⓘ
surface form:
Lockheed aircraft
World War II aircraft ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crew |
5
ⓘ
6 ⓘ |
| engineType | radial piston engine ⓘ |
| enteredRAFService | 1939 ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 1938 ⓘ |
| fuselageConstruction | all-metal ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Hudson Mk I
ⓘ
Hudson Mk II ⓘ Hudson Mk III ⓘ Hudson Mk IV ⓘ Hudson Mk V ⓘ Hudson Mk VI ⓘ |
| introduced | 1939 ⓘ |
| landingGear | retractable conventional landing gear ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
Lockheed Aircraft Company
ⓘ
surface form:
Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
|
| maximumSpeed | approximately 246 mph ⓘ |
| notableFor |
coastal command operations
ⓘ
early-war maritime patrol for the Allies ⓘ |
| numberBuilt | approximately 2941 ⓘ |
| operatorRole | patrol bomber ⓘ |
| powerplant |
Wright R-1820 radial engine
ⓘ
surface form:
Wright R-1820 Cyclone
|
| primaryRole |
anti-submarine warfare
ⓘ
coastal reconnaissance ⓘ convoy protection ⓘ |
| range | approximately 1,960 miles ⓘ |
| retired | post-World War II ⓘ |
| serviceCeiling | approximately 25,000 ft ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Allied forces
ⓘ
Royal Air Force ⓘ Royal Australian Air Force ⓘ Royal Canadian Air Force ⓘ United States Army Air Forces ⓘ United States Navy ⓘ |
| usedByUnit | RAF Coastal Command ⓘ |
| usedFor |
photo-reconnaissance
ⓘ
training ⓘ transport ⓘ |
| usedInConflict | World War II ⓘ |
| wingPlacement | low-wing ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Lockheed Hudson Description of subject: The Lockheed Hudson was an American-built light bomber and maritime patrol aircraft widely used by Allied forces, particularly early in World War II for coastal reconnaissance, anti-submarine warfare, and convoy protection.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Lockheed Hudson (historical)