RAF Duxford

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airfield former Royal Air Force station heritage site

RAF Duxford is a historic former Royal Air Force airfield in Cambridgeshire, England, renowned for its role in the Second World War and now home to the Imperial War Museum Duxford and major airshows.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
RAF Duxford canonical	5
Duxford	2
Duxford Airfield	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7258976 — 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 Duxford
Context triple: [No. 92 Squadron RAF, base, RAF Duxford]

A. RAF Uxbridge
RAF Uxbridge was a Royal Air Force station in west London best known for housing the underground operations room that directed RAF Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain in World War II.
B. RAF Bicester
RAF Bicester is a former Royal Air Force station in Oxfordshire, England, notable as one of the best-preserved examples of an interwar bomber base and now partly used for heritage, commercial, and recreational purposes.
C. RAF Odiham
RAF Odiham is a Royal Air Force station in Hampshire, England, best known as the main operating base for the RAF’s Chinook helicopter fleet and a key hub for UK air mobility and support operations.
D. 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.
E. RAF Valley
RAF Valley is a Royal Air Force station on Anglesey in Wales, best known as a major fast-jet and helicopter aircrew training base.
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 Duxford
Target entity description: RAF Duxford is a historic former Royal Air Force airfield in Cambridgeshire, England, renowned for its role in the Second World War and now home to the Imperial War Museum Duxford and major airshows.

A. RAF Uxbridge
RAF Uxbridge was a Royal Air Force station in west London best known for housing the underground operations room that directed RAF Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain in World War II.
B. RAF Bicester
RAF Bicester is a former Royal Air Force station in Oxfordshire, England, notable as one of the best-preserved examples of an interwar bomber base and now partly used for heritage, commercial, and recreational purposes.
C. RAF Odiham
RAF Odiham is a Royal Air Force station in Hampshire, England, best known as the main operating base for the RAF’s Chinook helicopter fleet and a key hub for UK air mobility and support operations.
D. 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.
E. RAF Valley
RAF Valley is a Royal Air Force station on Anglesey in Wales, best known as a major fast-jet and helicopter aircrew training base.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	airfield ⓘ former Royal Air Force station ⓘ heritage site ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
currentUse	aviation museum ⓘ operational airfield for historic and private aircraft ⓘ
established	First World War era ⓘ
featuredIn	film "Battle of Britain" NERFINISHED ⓘ various aviation documentaries ⓘ
hasPart	AirSpace exhibition NERFINISHED ⓘ American Air Museum in Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Britain exhibition NERFINISHED ⓘ Imperial War Museum Duxford NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageDesignation	listed buildings (hangars and structures) ⓘ scheduled monument (parts of site) ⓘ
locatedIn	Cambridgeshire, England ⓘ surface form: Cambridgeshire England ⓘ
locatedNear	Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ Duxford NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearestCity	Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	Duxford Air Shows NERFINISHED ⓘ large collection of historic aircraft ⓘ major UK airshows ⓘ preserved historic hangars ⓘ role in the Battle of Britain ⓘ
opened	1918 ⓘ
operatedBy	Royal Air Force ⓘ
operator	Royal Flying Corps NERFINISHED ⓘ
ownedBy	Imperial War Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Imperial War Museum Duxford NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	East of England ⓘ
roleDuring	fighter station during the Battle of Britain ⓘ
runwaySurface	asphalt ⓘ
significantEvent	Battle of Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ Second World War operations ⓘ
stationedUnit	78th Fighter Group USAAF NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 19 Squadron RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 242 Squadron RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 310 (Czechoslovak) Squadron RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 312 (Czechoslovak) Squadron RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 601 Squadron RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 65 Squadron RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedBy	Allied air forces during the Second World War ⓘ Royal Air Force ⓘ United States Army Air Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor	airshows ⓘ film and television location ⓘ military aviation ⓘ museum exhibitions ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

No. 92 Squadron RAF → base → RAF Duxford ⓘ

No. 264 Squadron RAF → garrison → RAF Duxford ⓘ

RAF Fowlmere → satelliteOf → RAF Duxford ⓘ

Battle of Britain airfields → hasPart → RAF Duxford ⓘ

No. 310 (Czechoslovak) Squadron RAF → garrison → RAF Duxford ⓘ

American Air Museum in Britain → locatedIn → RAF Duxford ⓘ

this entity surface form: Duxford

American Air Museum in Britain → near → RAF Duxford ⓘ

this entity surface form: Duxford Airfield

AirSpace exhibition → locatedIn → RAF Duxford ⓘ