RAF Fighter Command

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/RAF_Fighter_Command

GPTKB entity

Statements (84)

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
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:No._609_Squadron_RAF 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