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
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gptkb:No._125_Wing_RAF
gptkb:No._126_Wing_RAF
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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