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gptkbp:instanceOf
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Royal Air Force station
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gptkbp:country
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gptkb:United_Kingdom
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gptkbp:currentName
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gptkb:Wattisham_Airfield
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gptkbp:currentUse
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Army Air Corps base
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gptkbp:elevation
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89 m
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gptkbp:garrison
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gptkb:3_Regiment_Army_Air_Corps
gptkb:4_Regiment_Army_Air_Corps
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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RAF Wattisham
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gptkbp:ICAO_code
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EGUW
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Suffolk
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gptkbp:nearestCity
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gptkb:Stowmarket
gptkb:Wattisham
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gptkbp:notableAircraft
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gptkb:Gloster_Meteor
gptkb:aircraft
gptkb:McDonnell_Douglas_Phantom_FGR.2
gptkb:English_Electric_Lightning
gptkb:Hawker_Hunter
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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RAF fighter station during Battle of Britain
Home to last operational RAF fighter squadrons in southern England
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gptkbp:notableUnit
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gptkb:No._56_Squadron_RAF
gptkb:No._111_Squadron_RAF
gptkb:No._137_Squadron_RAF
gptkb:No._152_Squadron_RAF
gptkb:No._23_Squadron_RAF
gptkb:No._266_Squadron_RAF
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gptkbp:opened
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1939
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gptkbp:operator
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gptkb:Army_Air_Corps
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gptkbp:runwayLength
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2,744 m
1,829 m
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gptkbp:runwaySurface
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asphalt
13/31
05/23
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gptkbp:transferredTo
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gptkb:British_Army
1993
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gptkbp:usedBy
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gptkb:Royal_Air_Force
gptkb:United_States_Army_Air_Forces
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gptkbp:usedDuring
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gptkb:Cold_War
gptkb:Second_World_War
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gptkbp:website
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https://www.army.mod.uk/wattisham
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:No._56_Squadron_RAF
gptkb:RAF_Search_and_Rescue_Force
gptkb:Wattisham_Flying_Station
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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