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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:military_unit
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gptkbp:activePeriod
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1942–1945
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gptkbp:aircraft_operated
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gptkb:Vickers_Wellington
gptkb:aircraft
gptkb:Short_Stirling
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gptkbp:awards
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gptkb:Distinguished_Flying_Cross
gptkb:Distinguished_Service_Order
gptkb:Distinguished_Flying_Medal
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gptkbp:branch
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gptkb:Royal_Canadian_Air_Force
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gptkbp:casualties
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over 4,200 killed
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gptkbp:country
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gptkb:Canada
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gptkbp:disbanded
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31 August 1945
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gptkbp:formedBy
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RCAF squadrons in the UK
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gptkbp:headquarters
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gptkb:Allerton_Park,_North_Yorkshire,_England
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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No. 6 Group RCAF
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gptkbp:nickname
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gptkb:Canadian_Bomber_Group
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gptkbp:notableCommander
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gptkb:Air_Vice-Marshal_George_Brookes
Air Vice-Marshal Clifford McEwen
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gptkbp:notableFor
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gptkb:RAF_Burn
gptkb:RAF_Croft
gptkb:RAF_Dalton
gptkb:RAF_Dishforth
gptkb:RAF_East_Moor
gptkb:RAF_Full_Sutton
gptkb:RAF_Middleton_St._George
gptkb:RAF_Riccall
gptkb:RAF_Sandtoft
gptkb:RAF_Skipton-on-Swale
gptkb:RAF_Snaith
gptkb:RAF_Tholthorpe
gptkb:RAF_Topcliffe
gptkb:RAF_Wombleton
gptkb:RAF_Leeming
gptkb:RAF_Linton-on-Ouse
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gptkbp:notableOperation
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D-Day support operations
bombing of German industrial targets
bombing of V-weapon sites
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gptkbp:notableUnit
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gptkb:No._419_Squadron_RCAF
gptkb:No._424_Squadron_RCAF
gptkb:No._427_Squadron_RCAF
gptkb:No._428_Squadron_RCAF
gptkb:No._429_Squadron_RCAF
gptkb:No._431_Squadron_RCAF
gptkb:No._432_Squadron_RCAF
gptkb:No._433_Squadron_RCAF
gptkb:No._434_Squadron_RCAF
gptkb:No._435_Squadron_RCAF
gptkb:No._436_Squadron_RCAF
gptkb:No._437_Squadron_RCAF
gptkb:No._438_Squadron_RCAF
gptkb:No._440_Squadron_RCAF
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gptkbp:numberOfBattalions
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14
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gptkbp:parentOrganization
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gptkb:Royal_Air_Force
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gptkbp:partOf
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gptkb:RAF_Bomber_Command
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gptkbp:role
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bomber
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gptkbp:theaterOfOperations
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gptkb:European_Theatre_of_World_War_II
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:bombing_of_Peenemünde
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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