No. 653 Squadron

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_unit
Royal Air Force station
gptkbp:aircraft_operated Auster Mk. III
Auster Mk. IV
Auster Mk. V
Auster Mk. I
gptkbp:basisFor gptkb:RAF_Middle_Wallop
gptkb:RAF_Dunsfold
gptkb:RAF_Hutton_Cranswick
gptkb:RAF_Bognor
gptkb:RAF_Old_Sarum
gptkb:RAF_Netheravon
gptkb:RAF_Rivenhall
RAF North Weald
RAF Gatwick
RAF Westley
gptkbp:battleHonours gptkb:Normandy_1944
France and Germany 1944–45
North-West Europe 1944–45
gptkbp:branch gptkb:Royal_Air_Force
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:disbanded 15 September 1957
1 November 1978
gptkbp:formed 20 June 1942
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label No. 653 Squadron
gptkbp:motto We Guide to Strike
gptkbp:notableCommander Major J. D. S. Tyas
Major J. H. S. Tyas
gptkbp:parentOrganization Army Air Corps (post-1957)
gptkbp:reformed 1 July 1971
gptkbp:role Air Observation Post
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Rimba_Air_Force_Base
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8