No. 68 Group RAF

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/No._68_Group_RAF

GPTKB entity

Statements (55)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instance_of	gptkb:Royal_Air_Force
gptkbp:active_years	1943-1945
gptkbp:aircraft_operated	gptkb:Boeing_B-17_Flying_Fortress gptkb:Consolidated_Liberator gptkb:Avro_Lancaster
gptkbp:base	gptkb:RAF_Grimsby gptkb:RAF_East_Kirkby gptkb:RAF_Lakenheath gptkb:RAF_Wyton gptkb:RAF_Spilsby gptkb:RAF_Faldingworth gptkb:RAF_Waltham gptkb:RAF_Syerston gptkb:RAF_Holme-on-Spalding-Moor gptkb:RAF_Lissett gptkb:RAF_Wittering gptkb:RAF_Marham gptkb:RAF_Waddington gptkb:RAF_Binbrook gptkb:RAF_Skellingthorpe gptkb:RAF_Mildenhall gptkb:RAF_Coningsby gptkb:RAF_Bardney gptkb:RAF_Foulsham gptkb:RAF_Mepal gptkb:RAF_Metheringham gptkb:RAF_North_Coates gptkb:RAF_North_Killingholme gptkb:RAF_Swinderby gptkb:RAF_Upwood gptkb:RAF_Wainfleet gptkb:RAF_Woodhall_Spa gptkb:RAF_Hemswell gptkb:RAF_Scampton
gptkbp:commander	gptkb:Field_Marshal
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:disbandment_date	1945-12-31
gptkbp:formation_date	1943-01-01
gptkbp:headquarters	gptkb:RAF_Bassingbourn
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	No. 68 Group RAF
gptkbp:insignia	Group badge
gptkbp:motto	gptkb:In_Omnia_Paratus
gptkbp:nickname	gptkb:The_Flying_Tigers
gptkbp:notable_operations	gptkb:Operation_Market_Garden gptkb:Operation_Overlord gptkb:Operation_Varsity
gptkbp:operational_theater	gptkb:European_Theater_of_Operations
gptkbp:part_of	gptkb:Royal_Air_Force
gptkbp:role	Air support
gptkbp:subordinate_units	gptkb:RAF_Bomber_Command
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:No._83_Group_RAF
gptkbp:type	gptkb:musical_group
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:RAF_Wyton gptkb:British_Royal_Air_Force
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5