RAF 8 Group

GPTKB entity

Properties (58)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf aircraft
gptkbp:activeDuring 1943
1945
gptkbp:aircraft gptkb:Heavy_Bomber
gptkbp:alliance Allied Forces
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Bomber_Command
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Air_Vice_Marshal_Sir_Arthur_Harris
gptkbp:commandStructure gptkb:Royal_Air_Force_Command_Structure
gptkbp:commissioningDate 1943-02-01
gptkbp:decommissioningDate 1945-08-15
gptkbp:hasFieldOfUse gptkb:Lockheed_C-130_Hercules
gptkb:Boeing_757
gptkb:Douglas_C-47_Skytrain
gptkb:De_Havilland_Mosquito
gptkb:Lockheed_Martin_F-35_Lightning_II
gptkb:Boeing_B-17_Flying_Fortress
gptkb:Vickers_Wellesley
gptkb:Handley_Page_Hampden
gptkb:McDonnell_Douglas_F-4_Phantom_II
gptkb:North_American_P-51_Mustang
gptkb:Airbus_A400M_Atlas
gptkb:Lockheed_Hudson
gptkb:Airbus_A330_MRTT
gptkb:Boeing_737
gptkb:Boeing_B-29_Superfortress
gptkb:Bristol_Beaufighter
gptkb:Avro_Anson
gptkb:Bristol_Blenheim
gptkb:Vickers_Wellington
gptkb:Boeing_KC-135_Stratotanker
gptkb:Bristol_Blenheim_IV
Eurofighter Typhoon
Handley Page Victor
Short Stirling
Avro Lancaster B Mk I
Avro Lancaster B Mk III
gptkbp:hasTheme 5
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Cambridgeshire
gptkb:RAF_Bourn
gptkbp:historicalSignificance gptkb:World_War_II
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label RAF 8 Group
gptkbp:location gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:motto Strike Hard, Strike Sure
gptkbp:notableFeature Dambusters Raid
gptkbp:notableGames gptkb:Handley_Page_Halifax
Avro Lancaster
gptkbp:notableOperations Operation Chastise
gptkbp:operationalArea gptkb:Western_Europe
gptkbp:operationalStatus 1943-1945
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Royal_Air_Force
gptkbp:primaryMission Bombing_Missions
gptkbp:role Strategic Bomber Command
gptkbp:successor No. 8 Group RAF
gptkbp:supports No. 5 Group RAF
No. 1 Group RAF
No. 617 Squadron
No. 3 Group RAF
No. 4 Group RAF