No. 219 Squadron RAF

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Royal Air Force station
gptkbp:aircraft_operated gptkb:Bristol_Blenheim
gptkb:Gloster_Javelin
gptkb:de_Havilland_Mosquito
gptkb:Bristol_Beaufighter
gptkbp:badge A nightjar volant
gptkbp:basisFor gptkb:RAF_Colerne
gptkb:RAF_Middle_Wallop
gptkb:RAF_Luqa
gptkb:RAF_Wittering
gptkb:RAF_Horsham_St_Faith
gptkb:RAF_Kabrit
gptkb:RAF_Predannack
gptkb:RAF_Warmwell
gptkb:RAF_Woodvale
gptkb:RAF_Scorton
gptkb:RAF_Valley
gptkb:RAF_Mildenhall
gptkb:RAF_Tangmere
gptkb:RAF_Catterick
gptkb:RAF_Molesworth
gptkb:RAF_Hurn
gptkb:RAF_Portreath
gptkb:RAF_Redhill
gptkb:RAF_Stradishall
gptkb:RAF_Acklington
gptkb:RAF_Odiham
gptkb:RAF_Castel_Benito
gptkb:RAF_Fayid
gptkb:RAF_Nicosia
gptkb:RAF_Driffield
gptkb:RAF_Hal_Far
gptkb:RAF_Lydda
gptkb:RAF_Brawdy
RAF North Weald
gptkbp:battle gptkb:Second_World_War
gptkbp:branch gptkb:Royal_Air_Force
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:disbanded 31 March 1957
1 September 1919
gptkbp:formed 17 August 1918
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label No. 219 Squadron RAF
gptkbp:motto From dusk till dawn
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:No._219_(Night_Fighter)_Squadron
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Wing_Commander_J._D._Somerville
gptkb:Wing_Commander_J._S._MacLaren
gptkb:Wing_Commander_J._S._T._Hall
gptkbp:reformed 4 October 1939
gptkbp:role gptkb:aircraft
Night fighter squadron
gptkbp:squadron_code gptkb:VC
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:RAF_Honiley
gptkb:RAF_Catterick
gptkb:RAF_Bradwell_Bay
gptkb:RAF_Acklington
gptkb:Sir_John_Grandy
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7