No. 487 Squadron RCAF

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/No._487_Squadron_RCAF
GPTKB entity
Statements (22)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_unit
gptkb:Royal_Air_Force_station
gptkbp:activePeriod gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:aircraft_operated gptkb:Lockheed_Ventura
gptkb:de_Havilland_Mosquito
gptkbp:allegiance gptkb:Allied_Powers
gptkbp:awarded gptkb:Victoria_Cross_(Leonard_Trent)
gptkbp:baseOfOperations gptkb:RAF_Hunsdon
gptkb:RAF_Methwold
gptkbp:branch gptkb:Royal_Canadian_Air_Force
gptkbp:country gptkb:Canada
gptkbp:disbanded 1945
gptkbp:formed 1942
gptkbp:motto Ki Te Mutunga (To the end)
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Leonard_Trent
gptkbp:notableOperation gptkb:Operation_Jericho
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:RAF_Bomber_Command
gptkbp:recognizedBy OE (squadron code)
gptkbp:role bomber squadron
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:RAF_Laarbruch
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label No. 487 Squadron RCAF