RAF Finningley
E660498
RAF Finningley was a former Royal Air Force station in South Yorkshire, England, historically significant as a bomber and training base during the Cold War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| RAF Finningley canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7357498 — 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 Finningley Context triple: [Doncaster Sheffield Airport, builtOnSiteOf, RAF Finningley]
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RAF Leconfield
RAF Leconfield is a former Royal Air Force station in East Yorkshire, England, historically used as a fighter airfield during the Second World War and later as a training and support base.
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B.
RAF Watnall
RAF Watnall was a Royal Air Force station in Nottinghamshire, England, that served as the operational headquarters and control center for No. 12 Group RAF during the Second World War.
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C.
RAF Ensign
The RAF Ensign is the official flag of the United Kingdom’s Royal Air Force, featuring a sky-blue field with the Union Flag in the canton and the RAF roundel.
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D.
RAF Waddington
RAF Waddington is a major Royal Air Force station in Lincolnshire, England, known primarily as a hub for intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance operations and as the home base of the Red Arrows aerobatic display team.
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E.
RAF Leeming
RAF Leeming is a Royal Air Force station in North Yorkshire, England, that has served as an important base for various fast-jet, training, and support units.
- 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 Finningley Target entity description: RAF Finningley was a former Royal Air Force station in South Yorkshire, England, historically significant as a bomber and training base during the Cold War.
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A.
RAF Leconfield
RAF Leconfield is a former Royal Air Force station in East Yorkshire, England, historically used as a fighter airfield during the Second World War and later as a training and support base.
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B.
RAF Watnall
RAF Watnall was a Royal Air Force station in Nottinghamshire, England, that served as the operational headquarters and control center for No. 12 Group RAF during the Second World War.
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C.
RAF Ensign
The RAF Ensign is the official flag of the United Kingdom’s Royal Air Force, featuring a sky-blue field with the Union Flag in the canton and the RAF roundel.
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D.
RAF Waddington
RAF Waddington is a major Royal Air Force station in Lincolnshire, England, known primarily as a hub for intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance operations and as the home base of the Red Arrows aerobatic display team.
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E.
RAF Leeming
RAF Leeming is a Royal Air Force station in North Yorkshire, England, that has served as an important base for various fast-jet, training, and support units.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | former Royal Air Force station ⓘ |
| basedAircraft |
Avro Lancaster
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Avro Vulcan NERFINISHED ⓘ Handley Page Hampden NERFINISHED ⓘ Vickers Wellington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedUnit |
No. 18 Operational Training Unit RAF
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
No. 2 Flying Training School RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 230 Operational Conversion Unit RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 240 Operational Conversion Unit RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 25 Flying Training School RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 4 Flying Training School RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 6 Flying Training School RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 7 Flying Training School RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ RAF Aircrew Selection Centre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closed | 1996 ⓘ |
| closureReason | defence cuts ⓘ |
| convertedInto | Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| garrison | Royal Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasIcaoCode | EGXI NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRunway |
runway 02/20
ⓘ
runway 16/34 ⓘ |
| hasRunwaySurface |
asphalt
ⓘ
concrete ⓘ |
| hasUse |
aircrew training
ⓘ
bomber base ⓘ nuclear bomber station ⓘ training base ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | site of former military airfield ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion |
South Yorkshire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yorkshire and the Humber NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location | Finningley, South Yorkshire, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbyCity |
Doncaster
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sheffield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | RAF Battle of Britain airshows NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
large annual air displays
ⓘ
role in UK nuclear deterrent during the Cold War ⓘ |
| opened | 1915 ⓘ |
| operator | Royal Air Force ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Royal Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
RAF Bomber Command
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
RAF Training Command NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| postClosureUse |
Doncaster Sheffield Airport
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
civil airport ⓘ |
| significantPeriod | Cold War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAsRAFStationFrom | 1936 ⓘ |
| usedDuringConflict |
Cold War
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Second World War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: RAF Finningley Description of subject: RAF Finningley was a former Royal Air Force station in South Yorkshire, England, historically significant as a bomber and training base during the Cold War.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Doncaster Sheffield Airport