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gptkbp:instanceOf
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Royal Air Force station
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gptkbp:activePeriod
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11 November 1943 – 17 December 1945
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gptkbp:branch
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gptkb:Royal_Air_Force
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gptkbp:country
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gptkb:United_Kingdom
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gptkbp:disbanded
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17 December 1945
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gptkbp:formed
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11 November 1943
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gptkbp:garrison
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gptkb:RAF_Bylaugh_Hall
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gptkbp:headquarters
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gptkb:RAF_Bylaugh_Hall
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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RAF No. 100 Group
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gptkbp:nickname
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100 Group
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gptkbp:notableAchievement
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Developed countermeasures against German night fighters
Introduced airborne jamming equipment
Pioneered electronic warfare in WWII
Supported RAF Bomber Command operations
Used 'Window' (chaff) to confuse enemy radar
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gptkbp:notableCommander
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Air Vice-Marshal Donald Bennett
Air Vice-Marshal Edward Addison
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gptkbp:notableOperation
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gptkb:Operation_Taxable
gptkb:Operation_Glimmer
gptkb:Operation_Mandrel
gptkb:Operation_Corona
Operation Window
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gptkbp:notableUnit
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gptkb:No._199_Squadron_RAF
gptkb:No._192_Squadron_RAF
gptkb:No._101_Squadron_RAF
gptkb:No._223_Squadron_RAF
gptkb:No._214_Squadron_RAF
No. 169 Squadron RAF
No. 515 Squadron RAF
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gptkbp:partOf
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gptkb:RAF_Bomber_Command
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gptkbp:primaryMission
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Electronic countermeasures
Jamming German radar and communications
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gptkbp:role
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Electronic warfare
Bomber support
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gptkbp:theaterOfOperations
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gptkb:European_Theatre_of_World_War_II
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gptkbp:usedInAircraft
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gptkb:Bristol_Blenheim
gptkb:Consolidated_Liberator
gptkb:Vickers_Wellington
gptkb:aircraft
gptkb:North_American_B-25_Mitchell
gptkb:Short_Stirling
gptkb:de_Havilland_Mosquito
gptkb:Bristol_Beaufighter
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:RAF_Strike_Command
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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7
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