RAF Habbaniya

GPTKB entity

Statements (62)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Royal Air Force station
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Habbaniya_Air_Base
gptkbp:builtBy gptkb:Royal_Air_Force
gptkbp:closed 1959
gptkbp:garrison gptkb:RAF_Middle_East_Command
gptkb:RAF_Training_Command
gptkb:RAF_Iraq_Command
gptkbp:hostedUnit gptkb:No._4_Flying_Training_School_RAF
gptkb:No._84_Squadron_RAF
gptkb:Iraqi_Levies
gptkb:No._244_Squadron_RAF
gptkb:No._6_Armoured_Car_Company_RAF
gptkb:No._8_Service_Flying_Training_School_RAF
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label RAF Habbaniya
gptkbp:locatedNear gptkb:Euphrates_River
gptkb:Fallujah
gptkbp:locatedWestOf gptkb:Baghdad
gptkbp:location gptkb:Iraq
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Anglo-Iraqi_War_(1941)
gptkb:RAF_Habbaniya_air_battle_(1941)
gptkb:RAF_Habbaniya_as_Iraqi_Army_base_(post-2003)
gptkb:RAF_Habbaniya_as_US_base_(post-2003)
gptkb:RAF_Habbaniya_as_refugee_camp_(post-2003)
gptkb:RAF_Habbaniya_as_training_base_(1936-1959)
gptkb:RAF_Habbaniya_civilian_settlement_(post-1959)
gptkb:RAF_Habbaniya_closure_(1959)
gptkb:RAF_Habbaniya_evacuation_(1959)
gptkb:RAF_Habbaniya_handover_to_Iraq_(1959)
gptkb:RAF_Habbaniya_revolt_(1941)
gptkb:RAF_Habbaniya_siege_(1941)
gptkb:Siege_of_Habbaniya_(1941)
RAF Habbaniya as air operations base (1936-1959)
RAF Habbaniya as civilian settlement (post-1959)
RAF Habbaniya as maintenance depot (1936-1959)
gptkbp:notableResident gptkb:Air_Vice-Marshal_John_Baldwin
gptkb:Air_Vice-Marshal_Harry_George_Smart
gptkb:Air_Vice-Marshal_John_Whitworth-Jones
gptkb:Air_Vice-Marshal_Arthur_Harris
gptkb:Air_Vice-Marshal_John_Slessor
gptkb:Air_Vice-Marshal_John_Baker
gptkb:Air_Vice-Marshal_John_D'Albiac
gptkb:Air_Vice-Marshal_John_Patch
gptkb:Air_Vice-Marshal_Raymond_Collishaw
gptkb:Freddie_West
gptkbp:opened 1936
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:Royal_Air_Force
gptkbp:runwaySurface 2
gptkbp:status abandoned
gptkbp:usedBy gptkb:United_States_Army_Air_Forces
gptkb:Royal_Air_Force_Volunteer_Reserve
gptkb:Iraqi_Air_Force
gptkbp:usedDuring gptkb:World_War_II
gptkb:Anglo-Iraqi_War
gptkbp:usedFor gptkb:settlement
air operations
military aviation training
maintenance depot
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:No._30_Squadron_RAF
gptkb:No._47_Squadron_RAF
gptkb:No._8_Squadron_RAF
gptkb:Air_Vice-Marshal_Harry_George_Smart
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6