RAF Polebrook

GPTKB entity

Properties (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf aircraft
gptkbp:aircraft gptkb:Consolidated_B-24_Liberator
gptkb:Douglas_C-47_Skytrain
gptkb:Boeing_B-17_Flying_Fortress
gptkb:North_American_P-51_Mustang
gptkb:Lockheed_P-38_Lightning
gptkbp:associatedWith Operation Market Garden
Operation Overlord
D-Day
Operation Pointblank
Strategic bombing campaign
gptkbp:celebrates Yes
gptkbp:conservationEfforts Ruins
gptkbp:currentUse Agricultural land
gptkbp:elevation 120 meters
gptkbp:exhibits Yes
gptkbp:geographicalFeature 52.4875° N, 0.4661° W
gptkbp:height Yes
gptkbp:historicalEvent First bombing mission from Polebrook
Last_mission_flown_from_Polebrook
gptkbp:historicalFigures gptkb:Colonel_John_M._McCaffrey
gptkb:General_Curtis_LeMay
gptkb:Captain_Edward_J._McCarthy
gptkb:Lieutenant_Colonel_John_H._McGowan
gptkb:Major_General_William_A._McCaffrey
gptkbp:historicalSignificance gptkb:World_War_II
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label RAF Polebrook
gptkbp:IATA_code Class A airfield
gptkbp:localGovernment gptkb:East_Northamptonshire_District_Council
gptkbp:location Polebrook,_Northamptonshire,_England
gptkbp:nearestCity gptkb:Peterborough
Oundle
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:305th_Bomb_Group_(Heavy)
351st Bomb Group (Heavy)
gptkbp:opened 1942
1964
gptkbp:parking Yes
gptkbp:partOf 8th Air Force
gptkbp:passenger_traffic Yes
gptkbp:postWarCareer Civil aviation
Private flying
Air cadets
gptkbp:primaryFunction Military airfield
gptkbp:runway_length 09/27
1,800 meters
asphalt
gptkbp:usedBy gptkb:United_States_Army_Air_Forces
gptkbp:visitors No