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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:aircraft
gptkb:Vickers_Warwick
gptkb:Lockheed_Hudson
gptkb:Avro_Shackleton
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gptkbp:awards
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Distinguished Flying Cross (to some members)
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gptkbp:badge
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A lifebelt in front of a roundel
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gptkbp:basisFor
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gptkb:RAF_Bircham_Newton
gptkb:RAF_Predannack
gptkb:RAF_Thornaby
gptkb:RAF_St_Eval
gptkb:RAF_Beccles
gptkb:RAF_Davidstow_Moor
gptkb:RAF_Milltown
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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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1 August 1954
10 March 1946
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gptkbp:formed
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16 November 1941
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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No. 279 Squadron RAF
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gptkbp:mergedInto
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gptkb:No._38_Squadron_RAF_(in_1954)
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gptkbp:motto
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To see and be seen
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gptkbp:notableCommander
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gptkb:Wing_Commander_J._S._McLean
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gptkbp:notableOperation
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Rescue support for D-Day landings
Air-sea rescue missions over the Atlantic and North Sea
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gptkbp:parentOrganization
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gptkb:RAF_Coastal_Command
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gptkbp:reformed
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1 September 1952
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gptkbp:role
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Air-sea rescue
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gptkbp:squadron_code
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gptkb:LY
2A
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gptkbp:theaterOfOperations
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gptkb:World_War_II
gptkb:European_theatre_of_World_War_II
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:RAF_Andreas
gptkb:RAF_Benbecula
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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7
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