RAF Valley
E458848
RAF Valley is a Royal Air Force station on Anglesey in Wales, best known as a major fast-jet and helicopter aircrew training base.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| RAF Valley canonical | 22 |
| RAF Valley airbase | 1 |
| RAF Valley civilian terminal | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4643511 — 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: RAF Valley Context triple: [No. 4 Flying Training School, garrison, RAF Valley]
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A.
RAF Honington
RAF Honington is a Royal Air Force station in Suffolk, England, best known as the home of the RAF Regiment and a key centre for ground-based air defence and force protection training.
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B.
RAF Horne
RAF Horne was a Royal Air Force station in Surrey, England, used during World War II as a fighter airfield by units including Polish squadrons.
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C.
RAF Kemble
RAF Kemble was a former Royal Air Force station in Gloucestershire, England, best known as an early home of the Red Arrows and later as a major aircraft maintenance and storage airfield.
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D.
RAF HW
RAF HW is the abbreviation for RAF High Wycombe, a major Royal Air Force station in Buckinghamshire, England that serves as a key command and administrative headquarters.
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E.
RAF Hethel
RAF Hethel is a former Royal Air Force station in Norfolk, England, best known for its use by the USAAF during World War II and later redevelopment as the site of the Lotus Cars factory and test track.
- 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: RAF Valley Target entity description: RAF Valley is a Royal Air Force station on Anglesey in Wales, best known as a major fast-jet and helicopter aircrew training base.
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A.
RAF Honington
RAF Honington is a Royal Air Force station in Suffolk, England, best known as the home of the RAF Regiment and a key centre for ground-based air defence and force protection training.
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B.
RAF Horne
RAF Horne was a Royal Air Force station in Surrey, England, used during World War II as a fighter airfield by units including Polish squadrons.
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C.
RAF Kemble
RAF Kemble was a former Royal Air Force station in Gloucestershire, England, best known as an early home of the Red Arrows and later as a major aircraft maintenance and storage airfield.
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D.
RAF HW
RAF HW is the abbreviation for RAF High Wycombe, a major Royal Air Force station in Buckinghamshire, England that serves as a key command and administrative headquarters.
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E.
RAF Hethel
RAF Hethel is a former Royal Air Force station in Norfolk, England, best known for its use by the USAAF during World War II and later redevelopment as the site of the Lotus Cars factory and test track.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Royal Air Force station ⓘ |
| aircraftOperated |
Airbus Juno HT1
ⓘ
linked to:
Airbus Jupiter HT1
Airbus Jupiter HT1 ⓘ BAE Systems Hawk T2 ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| elevation | 37 feet ⓘ |
| formerRole |
coastal command operations
ⓘ
fighter station ⓘ |
| garrison |
No. 202 Squadron RAF
ⓘ
No. 202 Squadron RAF (Search and Rescue Training Unit) ⓘ
linked to:
No. 202 Squadron RAF
No. 22 Squadron RAF ⓘ No. 28 Squadron RAF ⓘ No. 4 Flying Training School RAF ⓘ
linked to:
Royal Air Force No. 4 Flying Training School
No. 72 Squadron RAF ⓘ |
| hasCivilEnclave | Anglesey Airport ⓘ |
| hasSatelliteAirfield | Mona Airfield ⓘ |
| hasSeaAccessForTraining | Irish Sea ⓘ |
| hostsUnit |
No. 202 Squadron RAF
ⓘ
No. 22 Squadron RAF ⓘ No. 28 Squadron RAF ⓘ No. 4 Flying Training School RAF ⓘ
linked to:
Royal Air Force No. 4 Flying Training School
No. 72 Squadron RAF ⓘ |
| IATAcode | VLY ⓘ |
| ICAOcode | EGOV ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Anglesey
ⓘ
Wales ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Anglesey coast ⓘ |
| near |
Holyhead
ⓘ
Rhosneigr ⓘ |
| opened | 1941 ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Royal Air Force ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)
ⓘ
linked to:
Ministry of Defence
|
| partOf |
Royal Air Force Training Command
ⓘ
linked to:
RAF Training Command
|
| primaryRole |
fast-jet aircrew training
ⓘ
helicopter aircrew training ⓘ |
| region |
Isle of Anglesey
ⓘ
linked to:
Anglesey
|
| runBy | No. 22 Group RAF ⓘ |
| runway |
Runway 01/19
ⓘ
Runway 13/31 ⓘ |
| runwaySurface | asphalt ⓘ |
| supports | civilian air services to Cardiff (historically) ⓘ |
| timezone | UTC±00:00 ⓘ |
| timezoneDST | UTC+01:00 ⓘ |
| trainingFocus |
Army Air Corps aircrew
ⓘ
Royal Air Force aircrew ⓘ Royal Navy aircrew ⓘ |
| usedDuring |
Second World War
ⓘ
linked to:
World War II
|
| usedFor |
advanced fast-jet training
ⓘ
basic and advanced helicopter training ⓘ mountain and maritime helicopter training ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: RAF Valley Description of subject: RAF Valley is a Royal Air Force station on Anglesey in Wales, best known as a major fast-jet and helicopter aircrew training base.
Referenced by (24)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Royal Air Force No. 4 Flying Training School
subject linked to:
Royal Air Force No. 4 Flying Training School
linked to: RAF Valley
linked to: RAF Valley
subject linked to:
Shiny Four
subject linked to:
No. 4 Squadron
subject linked to:
No. 4 Squadron