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gptkbp:instanceOf
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Royal Air Force station
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gptkbp:aircraft_operated
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gptkb:Handley_Page_O/400
gptkb:Vickers_VC10
gptkb:de_Havilland_Comet
gptkb:Vickers_Valentia
gptkb:Vickers_Vimy
gptkb:Vickers_Victoria
Lockheed TriStar
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gptkbp:badge
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A nightjar volant
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gptkbp:basisFor
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gptkb:RAF_Brize_Norton
gptkb:RAF_Waddington
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gptkbp:battleHonours
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gptkb:Greece_1941
Italy 1943–1945
North Africa 1942–1943
Egypt and Libya 1940–1942
Malta 1941–1942
Western Front 1917–1918
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gptkbp:branch
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gptkb:Royal_Air_Force
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gptkbp:country
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gptkb:United_Kingdom
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gptkbp:disbanded
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2020
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gptkbp:formed
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1917
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gptkbp:formerPosition
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air transport
air-to-air refuelling
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gptkbp:garrison
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gptkb:RAF_Waddington
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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No. 216 Squadron RAF
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gptkbp:motto
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gptkb:Per_Noctem_Volamus
We fly through the night
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gptkbp:nickname
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The Nightjars
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gptkbp:notableCommander
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gptkb:Arthur_Harris
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gptkbp:notableOperation
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gptkb:Falklands_War
gptkb:Gulf_War
gptkb:Iraq_War
gptkb:Operation_Granby
gptkb:Afghanistan_War
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gptkbp:reformed
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2020
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gptkbp:role
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gptkb:Transport
Experimental (drone swarm) unit
drone swarm experimentation unit
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:RAF_Waddington
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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