RCAF Eastern Air Command

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:activePeriod 1938–1945
gptkbp:branch gptkb:Royal_Canadian_Air_Force
gptkbp:country gptkb:Canada
gptkbp:disbanded 1945
gptkbp:garrison gptkb:Halifax,_Nova_Scotia
gptkbp:headquartersLocation gptkb:Halifax,_Nova_Scotia
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label RCAF Eastern Air Command
gptkbp:notableAircraft gptkb:Bristol_Blenheim
gptkb:Consolidated_Liberator
gptkb:Handley_Page_Hampden
gptkb:Vickers_Wellington
gptkb:aircraft
gptkb:Supermarine_Stranraer
gptkb:Grumman_Widgeon
gptkb:Consolidated_PBY_Catalina
gptkb:Bristol_Beaufort
gptkb:Fairey_Battle
gptkb:Douglas_Dakota
gptkb:Bristol_Bolingbroke
gptkb:Curtiss_Kittyhawk
gptkb:Lockheed_Hudson
gptkb:Lockheed_Ventura
gptkb:Fairey_Albacore
gptkb:Fairey_Swordfish
gptkb:Grumman_Goose
gptkb:Supermarine_Walrus
gptkb:Consolidated_Catalina
gptkb:Hawker_Hurricane
gptkb:de_Havilland_Mosquito
gptkb:Avro_Anson
gptkb:Bristol_Beaufighter
gptkb:North_American_Harvard
gptkb:Westland_Lysander
gptkb:Consolidated_B-24_Liberator
gptkb:Consolidated_Canso
gptkb:Boeing_Fortress
gptkb:Lockheed_Lodestar
Consolidated Canso A
Consolidated Canso Mk. I
Douglas Digby
Fairey Swordfish Mk. II
Lockheed Hudson Mk. III
Northrop Nomad
gptkbp:notableCommander Air Vice-Marshal G.O. Johnson
Air Vice-Marshal L.F. Stevenson
gptkbp:notableOperation gptkb:Battle_of_the_Atlantic
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Royal_Canadian_Air_Force
gptkbp:primaryMission anti-submarine patrols
protection of shipping
air defence of eastern Canada
gptkbp:role maritime patrol
anti-submarine warfare
air defence
gptkbp:theaterOfOperations gptkb:Eastern_Canada
gptkb:Northwest_Atlantic
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:No._415_Squadron_RCAF
gptkb:RCAF_Station_Botwood
gptkb:406_Tactical_Bomber_Squadron
gptkb:No._420_Squadron_RCAF
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8