Boeing C‑97 Stratofreighter
E221652
The Boeing C‑97 Stratofreighter is a post–World War II American long-range military transport aircraft derived from the B-29 bomber and used extensively for cargo and troop transport, as well as aerial refueling.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Boeing C‑97 Stratofreighter canonical | 1 |
| KC-97 Stratofreighter | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1834272 — 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: Boeing C‑97 Stratofreighter Context triple: [Air Transport Command, aircraftUsed, Boeing C‑97 Stratofreighter]
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A.
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.
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B.
Consolidated C-87 Liberator Express
The Consolidated C-87 Liberator Express was a World War II-era American transport aircraft derived from the B-24 bomber and used primarily for long-range cargo and personnel flights.
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C.
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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D.
B-50 Superfortress
The B-50 Superfortress was a post–World War II American strategic bomber developed from the B-29 with more powerful engines and structural improvements for long-range nuclear and reconnaissance missions.
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E.
Douglas C-47 Skytrain
The Douglas C-47 Skytrain is a military transport aircraft, derived from the DC-3 airliner, that became a workhorse for Allied forces in World War II and beyond.
- 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: Boeing C‑97 Stratofreighter Target entity description: The Boeing C‑97 Stratofreighter is a post–World War II American long-range military transport aircraft derived from the B-29 bomber and used extensively for cargo and troop transport, as well as aerial refueling.
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A.
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.
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B.
Consolidated C-87 Liberator Express
The Consolidated C-87 Liberator Express was a World War II-era American transport aircraft derived from the B-24 bomber and used primarily for long-range cargo and personnel flights.
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C.
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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D.
B-50 Superfortress
The B-50 Superfortress was a post–World War II American strategic bomber developed from the B-29 with more powerful engines and structural improvements for long-range nuclear and reconnaissance missions.
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E.
Douglas C-47 Skytrain
The Douglas C-47 Skytrain is a military transport aircraft, derived from the DC-3 airliner, that became a workhorse for Allied forces in World War II and beyond.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
four-engined propeller aircraft
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military transport aircraft ⓘ tanker aircraft ⓘ |
| cargoCapacity | approximately 35000 lb ⓘ |
| civilianDerivative | Boeing 377 Stratocruiser ⓘ |
| configuration | low-wing monoplane ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| crew | 4 ⓘ |
| cruiseSpeed | approximately 300 mph ⓘ |
| derivedFrom |
B-29 Superfortress
ⓘ
surface form:
Boeing B-29 Superfortress
|
| engineModel | Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major ⓘ |
| engineType | piston engine ⓘ |
| era | post–World War II ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 1944 ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
double-deck fuselage
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pressurized cabin ⓘ rear cargo ramp and door ⓘ |
| height | approximately 38 ft 3 in ⓘ |
| introduced | 1947 ⓘ |
| length | approximately 110 ft ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Boeing ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | approximately 375 mph ⓘ |
| maximumTakeoffWeight | approximately 175000 lb ⓘ |
| notableVariant |
C-97G
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Boeing C‑97 Stratofreighter self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
KC-97 Stratofreighter
KC-97L ⓘ YC-97A ⓘ YC-97B ⓘ |
| numberBuilt | approximately 888 ⓘ |
| numberOfEngines | 4 ⓘ |
| passengerCapacity | approximately 134 troops ⓘ |
| primaryUser | United States Air Force ⓘ |
| productionStatus | out of production ⓘ |
| propulsion | four Pratt & Whitney R-4360 radial engines ⓘ |
| range | approximately 4300 mi ⓘ |
| retired | 1978 ⓘ |
| role |
aerial refueling
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cargo transport ⓘ long-range military transport ⓘ troop transport ⓘ |
| serviceCeiling | approximately 35000 ft ⓘ |
| tailConfiguration | conventional tail ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Brazilian Air Force
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French Air Force ⓘ Israeli Air Force ⓘ
surface form:
Israel Air Force
Portuguese Air Force ⓘ Royal Canadian Air Force ⓘ Spanish Air Force ⓘ Air National Guard ⓘ
surface form:
United States Air National Guard
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| usedInConflict |
Korean War
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Vietnam War ⓘ |
| wingspan | approximately 141 ft 3 in ⓘ |
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: Boeing C‑97 Stratofreighter Description of subject: The Boeing C‑97 Stratofreighter is a post–World War II American long-range military transport aircraft derived from the B-29 bomber and used extensively for cargo and troop transport, as well as aerial refueling.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Boeing C‑97 Stratofreighter
→
notableVariant
→
Boeing C‑97 Stratofreighter
self-linksurface differs
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subject surface form:
Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter
this entity surface form:
KC-97 Stratofreighter