No. 23 Squadron RAF
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No. 23 Squadron RAF is a Royal Air Force unit with a long history in air defence and fighter operations, having flown various frontline aircraft since World War I.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| No. 23 Squadron RAF canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5579536 — 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: No. 23 Squadron RAF Context triple: [McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR.2, operator, No. 23 Squadron RAF]
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No. 22 Squadron RAF
No. 22 Squadron RAF is a Royal Air Force unit historically known for its search and rescue and helicopter operations within the UK.
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B.
No. 3 Squadron RAF
No. 3 Squadron RAF is one of the Royal Air Force’s oldest frontline units, historically known for its fighter and ground-attack roles in major conflicts from World War I to the present.
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C.
No. 203 Squadron RAF
No. 203 Squadron RAF was a Royal Air Force unit with distinguished service in both World Wars, particularly noted for its operations in maritime patrol and reconnaissance roles.
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D.
No. 2 Squadron RAF
No. 2 Squadron RAF is one of the Royal Air Force’s oldest frontline units, historically renowned for its tactical reconnaissance and ground-attack roles.
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E.
No. 201 Squadron RAF
No. 201 Squadron RAF is a Royal Air Force unit historically known for its maritime patrol and anti-submarine warfare roles.
- 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: No. 23 Squadron RAF Target entity description: No. 23 Squadron RAF is a Royal Air Force unit with a long history in air defence and fighter operations, having flown various frontline aircraft since World War I.
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A.
No. 22 Squadron RAF
No. 22 Squadron RAF is a Royal Air Force unit historically known for its search and rescue and helicopter operations within the UK.
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B.
No. 3 Squadron RAF
No. 3 Squadron RAF is one of the Royal Air Force’s oldest frontline units, historically known for its fighter and ground-attack roles in major conflicts from World War I to the present.
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C.
No. 203 Squadron RAF
No. 203 Squadron RAF was a Royal Air Force unit with distinguished service in both World Wars, particularly noted for its operations in maritime patrol and reconnaissance roles.
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D.
No. 2 Squadron RAF
No. 2 Squadron RAF is one of the Royal Air Force’s oldest frontline units, historically renowned for its tactical reconnaissance and ground-attack roles.
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E.
No. 201 Squadron RAF
No. 201 Squadron RAF is a Royal Air Force unit historically known for its maritime patrol and anti-submarine warfare roles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Royal Air Force squadron ⓘ |
| aircraftOperated |
Boeing E-3D Sentry
NERFINISHED
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Bristol Blenheim NERFINISHED ⓘ Douglas Havoc NERFINISHED ⓘ English Electric Lightning NERFINISHED ⓘ Gloster Gamecock NERFINISHED ⓘ Gloster Javelin NERFINISHED ⓘ Hawker Hart NERFINISHED ⓘ McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR.2 NERFINISHED ⓘ Panavia Tornado F3 NERFINISHED ⓘ SPAD S.VII NERFINISHED ⓘ SPAD S.XIII NERFINISHED ⓘ Sopwith Dolphin NERFINISHED ⓘ de Havilland Mosquito NERFINISHED ⓘ de Havilland Vampire NERFINISHED ⓘ de Havilland Venom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| aircraftRole |
airborne early warning and control
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all-weather fighter ⓘ day fighter ⓘ night fighter ⓘ |
| allegiance | British Crown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| branch | Royal Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict |
World War I
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surface form:
First World War
World War II ⓘ
surface form:
Second World War
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| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| formedAs | No. 23 Squadron RFC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| garrison |
RAF Aldergrove
NERFINISHED
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RAF Bentley Priory NERFINISHED ⓘ RAF Coltishall NERFINISHED ⓘ RAF Leuchars NERFINISHED ⓘ RAF Luqa NERFINISHED ⓘ RAF Nicosia NERFINISHED ⓘ RAF Scampton NERFINISHED ⓘ RAF Waddington NERFINISHED ⓘ RAF Wattisham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAircraftType |
jet fighter
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twin-engined night fighter ⓘ |
| notableTheatre |
Battle of Britain era air defence
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Mediterranean theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ North-West Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Front NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessor | Royal Flying Corps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryMission |
air defence of the United Kingdom
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fighter operations ⓘ |
| role |
air defence
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fighter squadron ⓘ |
| service |
Royal Air Force
NERFINISHED
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Royal Flying Corps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: No. 23 Squadron RAF Description of subject: No. 23 Squadron RAF is a Royal Air Force unit with a long history in air defence and fighter operations, having flown various frontline aircraft since World War I.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.