RAF Calshot

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Royal Air Force station
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:currentUse gptkb:Calshot_Activities_Centre
gptkb:cultural_heritage
gptkbp:demilitarised 1961
gptkbp:formerName Calshot Naval Air Station
gptkbp:garrisonedUnit gptkb:No._240_Squadron_RAF
gptkb:No._201_Squadron_RAF
RAF Marine Craft Section
gptkbp:heritageStatus some buildings Grade II listed
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label RAF Calshot
gptkbp:location gptkb:Calshot,_Hampshire,_England
gptkbp:nearby gptkb:The_Solent
gptkbp:notableAircraft gptkb:Short_Sunderland
gptkb:Supermarine_S.6B
gptkb:Supermarine_Southampton
gptkbp:notableBuilding gptkb:Calshot_Castle
hangars
slipways
Calshot Tower
gptkbp:notableCommander Air Commodore Charles R. Samson
Group Captain H. R. Nicholl
gptkbp:notableEvent 1929
1931
1944
hosted Schneider Trophy races
support for D-Day operations
air-sea rescue operations in WWII
development of high-speed seaplanes
post-war marine craft training
testing of flying boats
training of marine craft crews
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:Royal_Air_Force
gptkbp:operationalPeriod 1913
1961
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:RAF_Coastal_Command
RAF Marine Branch
gptkbp:usedBy gptkb:Royal_Air_Force
gptkb:Royal_Naval_Air_Service
gptkbp:usedFor gptkb:aircraft
air-sea rescue
flying boat station
marine craft training
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:No._240_Squadron_RAF
gptkb:Royal_Air_Force_High_Speed_Flight
gptkb:Calshot
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8