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gptkbp:instanceOf
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humanitarian
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gptkbp:activeDuring
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gptkb:Nigerian_Civil_War
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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gptkb:JCA
Church Aid
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gptkbp:dissolved
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1970
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gptkbp:founded
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gptkb:Biafran_airlift
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gptkbp:foundedIn
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1968
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gptkbp:headquartersLocation
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Sao Tome
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Joint Church Aid
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gptkbp:mission
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deliver food and medical supplies to Biafra
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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saved millions from starvation
flights conducted at night to avoid Nigerian blockade
delivered over 60,000 tons of food and medicine
several aircraft shot down by Nigerian forces
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gptkbp:notableFor
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organizing largest civilian airlift in history
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gptkbp:notableMember
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gptkb:Bernard_Kouchner
gptkb:Odd_Nansen
Carl Gustav von Rosen
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gptkbp:operatesIn
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gptkb:Nigeria
gptkb:Biafra
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gptkbp:supportedBy
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gptkb:Lutheran_World_Federation
gptkb:World_Council_of_Churches
gptkb:Caritas_Internationalis
gptkb:Norwegian_Church_Aid
gptkb:Catholic_Relief_Services
Red Cross
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gptkbp:usedInAircraft
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gptkb:Lockheed_L-1049_Super_Constellation
gptkb:aircraft
gptkb:Douglas_DC-8
gptkb:Douglas_DC-4
gptkb:Canadair_CL-44
gptkb:Douglas_DC-6
gptkb:Douglas_DC-7
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Biafran_airlift
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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7
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