RAF Fighter Command

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_officer
gptkbp:branch gptkb:Royal_Air_Force
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:disbanded 1968
gptkbp:emblem Eagle and crown
gptkbp:formed 1936
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:RAF_Bentley_Priory
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label RAF Fighter Command
gptkbp:motto Offence Defence
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Dieppe_Raid
gptkb:Battle_of_Dunkirk
Battle of Britain
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Air_Chief_Marshal_Sir_Sholto_Douglas
Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Operation_Sea_Lion_(defence)
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Brian_Lane
gptkb:John_Plagis
gptkb:Billy_Drake
gptkb:Bob_Doe
gptkb:Brian_Kingcome
gptkb:Denys_Gillam
gptkb:Eric_Lock
gptkb:George_Grumpy_Unwin
gptkb:George_Unwin
gptkb:James_Brindley_Nicolson
gptkb:James_Rankin
gptkb:John_Dundas
gptkb:John_Freeborn
gptkb:Paddy_Finucane
gptkb:Pat_Pattle
gptkb:Ronald_Berry
gptkb:Sailor_Malan
gptkb:Stanford_Tuck
gptkb:Tom_Neil
gptkb:Vernon_Woodward
gptkb:William_Vale
gptkb:Douglas_Bader
gptkb:Keith_Park
gptkb:Guy_Gibson
gptkb:Adolph_Malan
gptkb:George_Beurling
gptkb:Johnnie_Johnson
gptkb:James_Lacey
gptkb:John_Cunningham
gptkb:Trafford_Leigh-Mallory
gptkb:Neville_Duke
gptkb:Peter_Townsend
gptkb:James_Nicholson
gptkb:Wilfrid_Duncan_Smith
gptkb:Colin_Gray
gptkb:Robert_Stanford_Tuck
gptkb:Richard_Hillary
gptkb:Alan_Deere
gptkb:James_Edgar_Johnson
gptkb:Pierre_Clostermann
gptkbp:notableUnit gptkb:No._10_Group_RAF
gptkb:No._13_Group_RAF
gptkb:No._12_Group_RAF
gptkb:No._11_Group_RAF
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:Air_Ministry
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Royal_Air_Force
gptkbp:primaryAircraft gptkb:Bristol_Blenheim
gptkb:De_Havilland_Mosquito
gptkb:Gloster_Meteor
gptkb:aircraft
gptkb:Hawker_Hurricane
gptkbp:responsibleFor defence of UK airspace
gptkbp:role air defence
gptkbp:successor gptkb:RAF_Strike_Command
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gptkb:No._616_Squadron_RAF
gptkb:former_RAF_Tangmere
gptkb:Hugh_Dowding
gptkb:Bovingdon_Airfield
gptkb:No._601_Squadron_RAF
gptkb:No._12_Group_RAF
gptkb:RAF_Greenham_Common
gptkb:No._11_Group_RAF
gptkb:No._501_Squadron_RAuxAF
gptkb:Westland_Welkin
gptkb:Groupe_de_Chasse_Alsace
gptkb:RAF_Photographic_Reconnaissance_Units
gptkb:No._615_Squadron_RAF
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6