RAF Habbaniya air battle (1941)
GPTKB entity
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:military
|
| gptkbp:casualties |
British: 13 killed, 21 wounded
Iraqi: 500+ killed or wounded |
| gptkbp:combatant |
gptkb:Royal_Air_Force
gptkb:United_Kingdom gptkb:Iraqi_Air_Force gptkb:Iraqi_Army |
| gptkbp:commander |
gptkb:Air_Vice-Marshal_Harry_George_Smart
Brigadier William Fraser Colonel Salah al-Din al-Sabbagh |
| gptkbp:endDate |
6 May 1941
|
| gptkbp:followedBy |
gptkb:Siege_of_RAF_Habbaniya
|
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
RAF Habbaniya air battle (1941)
|
| gptkbp:location |
gptkb:Kingdom_of_Iraq
gptkb:RAF_Habbaniya |
| gptkbp:notableAircraft |
gptkb:Bristol_Blenheim
gptkb:Vickers_Wellington gptkb:Gloster_Gladiator gptkb:Hawker_Audax |
| gptkbp:partOf |
gptkb:Anglo-Iraqi_War
|
| gptkbp:precededBy |
gptkb:Rashid_Ali_coup
|
| gptkbp:relatedTo |
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkb:Middle_East_theatre_of_World_War_II |
| gptkbp:result |
British victory
|
| gptkbp:significance |
First major engagement of the Anglo-Iraqi War
|
| gptkbp:startDate |
2 May 1941
|
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:RAF_Habbaniya
|
| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
7
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