RAF Second Tactical Air Force

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

GPTKB entity

Statements (76)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:activePeriod	1943–1951
gptkbp:alliedWith	gptkb:Canadian_Army gptkb:United_States_Army_Air_Forces gptkb:Second_Army_(British_Army)
gptkbp:component	gptkb:No._198_Squadron_RAF gptkb:No._609_Squadron_RAF gptkb:No._124_Wing_RAF gptkb:No._125_Wing_RAF gptkb:No._126_Wing_RAF gptkb:No._127_Wing_RAF gptkb:No._132_Wing_RAF gptkb:No._135_Wing_RAF gptkb:No._136_Wing_RAF gptkb:No._137_Wing_RAF gptkb:No._139_Wing_RAF gptkb:No._140_Wing_RAF gptkb:No._35_Wing_RAF gptkb:No._2_Group_RAF gptkb:No._143_Wing_RAF gptkb:No._146_Wing_RAF gptkb:No._34_Wing_RAF gptkb:No._83_Group_RAF gptkb:No._84_Group_RAF gptkb:No._85_Group_RAF
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:disbanded	1 November 1951
gptkbp:engagedIn	gptkb:Battle_of_Normandy gptkb:Normandy_landings advance into Germany
gptkbp:formed	1 June 1943
gptkbp:headquarters	gptkb:Normandy_(after_D-Day) gptkb:RAF_Uxbridge
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	RAF Second Tactical Air Force
gptkbp:nickname	2nd TAF
gptkbp:notableCommander	gptkb:Air_Marshal_Sir_Arthur_Coningham gptkb:Air_Marshal_Sir_Thomas_Elmhirst Air Marshal Sir John Broadhurst
gptkbp:notableOperation	gptkb:Operation_Overlord gptkb:Operation_Varsity gptkb:Operation_Plunder gptkb:Battle_of_the_Bulge gptkb:Operation_Market_Garden
gptkbp:notablePerson	gptkb:Roland_Beamont gptkb:William_Vale gptkb:Douglas_Bader gptkb:Johnnie_Johnson gptkb:James_Lacey gptkb:Colin_Gray gptkb:Robert_Stanford_Tuck gptkb:Basil_Embry gptkb:James_Edgar_Johnson gptkb:Pierre_Clostermann Denis Crowley-Milling George Keefer
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Royal_Air_Force
gptkbp:predecessor	gptkb:RAF_Army_Cooperation_Command
gptkbp:role	close air support tactical air support air interdiction
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:RAF_Germany
gptkbp:theaterOfOperations	gptkb:Northwest_Europe gptkb:Western_Front_(World_War_II)
gptkbp:usedInAircraft	gptkb:De_Havilland_Mosquito gptkb:Gloster_Meteor gptkb:Vickers_Wellington gptkb:aircraft gptkb:Douglas_Boston gptkb:North_American_Mustang gptkb:Hawker_Tempest gptkb:Hawker_Typhoon gptkb:Bristol_Beaufighter gptkb:Auster_AOP
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:No._616_Squadron_RAF gptkb:No._613_Squadron_RAF
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6