RAF Ford
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RAF Ford was a Royal Air Force station in West Sussex, England, that served as a base for various fighter and training units, particularly during the Second World War.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| RAF Ford canonical | 2 |
| Royal Naval Air Station Ford | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7522415 — 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 Ford Context triple: [No. 264 Squadron RAF, garrison, RAF Ford]
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A.
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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B.
RAF Finningley
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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C.
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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D.
RAF Mount Pleasant
RAF Mount Pleasant is a major Royal Air Force station in the Falkland Islands that serves as the territory’s primary military base and main air gateway to the outside world.
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E.
RAF Bentley Priory
RAF Bentley Priory was a historic Royal Air Force station in north London that served as the command and control center for Britain's air defense, most notably during the Battle of Britain in World War II.
- 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 Ford Target entity description: RAF Ford was a Royal Air Force station in West Sussex, England, that served as a base for various fighter and training units, particularly during the Second World War.
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A.
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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B.
RAF Finningley
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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C.
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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D.
RAF Mount Pleasant
RAF Mount Pleasant is a major Royal Air Force station in the Falkland Islands that serves as the territory’s primary military base and main air gateway to the outside world.
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E.
RAF Bentley Priory
RAF Bentley Priory was a historic Royal Air Force station in north London that served as the command and control center for Britain's air defense, most notably during the Battle of Britain in World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Royal Air Force station ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| currentUse | largely redeveloped for civilian and industrial purposes ⓘ |
| garrison | Royal Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasIcaoCode | EGUF NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hostedUnit |
No. 118 Squadron RAF
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
No. 119 Squadron RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 122 Squadron RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 132 Squadron RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 184 Squadron RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 1840 Naval Air Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 1841 Naval Air Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 1842 Naval Air Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 1843 Naval Air Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 1844 Naval Air Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 1845 Naval Air Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 1846 Naval Air Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 1847 Naval Air Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 1848 Naval Air Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 1849 Naval Air Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 1850 Naval Air Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 1851 Naval Air Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 1852 Naval Air Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 1853 Naval Air Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 1854 Naval Air Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 1855 Naval Air Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 1856 Naval Air Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 1857 Naval Air Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 1858 Naval Air Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 1859 Naval Air Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 1860 Naval Air Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 234 Squadron RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 320 (Netherlands) Squadron RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 41 Squadron RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 415 Squadron RCAF NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 501 Squadron RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 602 Squadron RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 607 Squadron RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 65 Squadron RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 703 Naval Air Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 819 Naval Air Squadron NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| laterUse | Royal Naval Air Station Ford (HMS Peregrine) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | village of Ford ⓘ |
| location |
England
ⓘ
West Sussex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| near | Arundel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | subject to Luftwaffe air raids during the Second World War ⓘ |
| opened | 1918 ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Royal Air Force ⓘ |
| partOf | RAF Fighter Command NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | South East England ⓘ |
| runwaySurface | grass (in early years) ⓘ |
| usedDuring |
World War II
ⓘ
surface form:
Second World War
|
| usedFor |
fighter operations
ⓘ
training ⓘ |
| usedFrom | First World War period ⓘ |
| usedUntil | post-Second World War period ⓘ |
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 Ford Description of subject: RAF Ford was a Royal Air Force station in West Sussex, England, that served as a base for various fighter and training units, particularly during the Second World War.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Royal Naval Air Station Ford