No. 204 Squadron RAF
E676943
No. 204 Squadron RAF was a Royal Air Force maritime patrol unit best known for its long-range anti-submarine and reconnaissance operations, particularly during the Second World War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| No. 204 Squadron RAF canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6797637 — 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. 204 Squadron RAF Context triple: [Short Sunderland, operator, No. 204 Squadron RAF]
-
A.
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.
-
B.
No. 207 Squadron RAF
No. 207 Squadron RAF was a Royal Air Force bomber unit with origins in World War I that later served in various roles, including strategic bombing, throughout much of the 20th century.
-
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.
-
D.
No. 202 Squadron RAF
No. 202 Squadron RAF is a Royal Air Force unit best known for its long-standing role in search and rescue and maritime operations around the United Kingdom.
-
E.
No. 208 Squadron RAF
No. 208 Squadron RAF was a Royal Air Force unit with a long history of reconnaissance and fighter operations, particularly noted for its service in the Middle East and postwar jet era.
- 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. 204 Squadron RAF Target entity description: No. 204 Squadron RAF was a Royal Air Force maritime patrol unit best known for its long-range anti-submarine and reconnaissance operations, particularly during the Second World War.
-
A.
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.
-
B.
No. 207 Squadron RAF
No. 207 Squadron RAF was a Royal Air Force bomber unit with origins in World War I that later served in various roles, including strategic bombing, throughout much of the 20th century.
-
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.
-
D.
No. 202 Squadron RAF
No. 202 Squadron RAF is a Royal Air Force unit best known for its long-standing role in search and rescue and maritime operations around the United Kingdom.
-
E.
No. 208 Squadron RAF
No. 208 Squadron RAF was a Royal Air Force unit with a long history of reconnaissance and fighter operations, particularly noted for its service in the Middle East and postwar jet era.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Royal Air Force squadron ⓘ |
| aircraftOperated |
Bristol Blenheim
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Consolidated Liberator NERFINISHED ⓘ Lockheed Hudson NERFINISHED ⓘ Short Sunderland NERFINISHED ⓘ Sopwith Camel NERFINISHED ⓘ Sopwith Pup NERFINISHED ⓘ Sopwith Triplane NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| allegiance | British Crown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedNation | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| branch | Royal Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commandStructure | RAF Coastal Command NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict |
World War II
ⓘ
surface form:
Second World War
|
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| equipment |
ASV radar
ⓘ
air-dropped depth charges ⓘ sonobuoys ⓘ |
| era |
First World War
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Second World War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formedAs | No. 4 Squadron Royal Naval Air Service NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| garrison |
RAF Bathurst
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
RAF Gibraltar NERFINISHED ⓘ RAF Lagens NERFINISHED ⓘ RAF Mount Batten NERFINISHED ⓘ RAF Pembroke Dock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryBranchType | air force ⓘ |
| missionType |
anti-submarine patrol
ⓘ
convoy escort ⓘ long-range maritime patrol ⓘ search and rescue ⓘ |
| notableFor |
long-range anti-submarine operations during the Second World War
ⓘ
maritime reconnaissance operations during the Second World War ⓘ |
| operationalEnvironment |
Atlantic Ocean
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bay of Biscay NERFINISHED ⓘ West African coast ⓘ Western Approaches NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | No. 4 Squadron RNAS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryTarget | German U-boats NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| role |
anti-submarine warfare
ⓘ
maritime patrol ⓘ reconnaissance ⓘ |
| service |
Royal Air Force
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Royal Naval Air Service NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serviceNumber | 204 ⓘ |
| taskingAuthority | Coastal Command NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theatre | Battle of the Atlantic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| type |
flying boat squadron
ⓘ
maritime patrol squadron ⓘ |
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: No. 204 Squadron RAF Description of subject: No. 204 Squadron RAF was a Royal Air Force maritime patrol unit best known for its long-range anti-submarine and reconnaissance operations, particularly during the Second World War.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.