Royal Air Force Fighter Command

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

GPTKB entity

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instance_of	gptkb:military_leadership
gptkbp:aircraft_operated	gptkb:Supermarine_Spitfire gptkb:Hawker_Hurricane gptkb:De_Havilland_Mosquito gptkb:Gloster_Meteor
gptkbp:command_structure	gptkb:Air_Ministry
gptkbp:commander	gptkb:Air_Chief_Marshal_Sir_Hugh_Dowding
gptkbp:disbanded	gptkb:1968
gptkbp:formed	1936
gptkbp:headquarters	gptkb:RAF_Bentley_Priory
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Royal Air Force Fighter Command
gptkbp:location	gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:motto	gptkb:Per_Ardua_ad_Astra
gptkbp:notable_event	gptkb:The_Blitz gptkb:Operation_Granby gptkb:Operation_Chastise gptkb:D-Day_landings gptkb:Operation_Market_Garden gptkb:Operation_Overlord gptkb:Operation_Shader gptkb:Battle_of_Malta gptkb:Operation_Black_Buck gptkb:Battle_of_France gptkb:Battle_of_the_Atlantic gptkb:Operation_Barbarossa gptkb:Operation_Sea_Lion gptkb:Operation_Carpetbagger gptkb:Operation_Crossbow gptkb:Operation_Pointblank gptkb:Battle_of_Britain_Day gptkb:Operation_Thunderclap gptkb:Operation_Shader_II gptkb:Operation_Shader_III gptkb:Operation_Shader_IV gptkb:Operation_Shader_IX gptkb:Operation_Shader_V gptkb:Operation_Shader_VI gptkb:Operation_Shader_VII gptkb:Operation_Shader_VIII gptkb:Operation_Shader_X gptkb:Operation_Jericho V-1 flying bomb attacks V-2 rocket attacks
gptkbp:notable_operations	gptkb:Battle_of_Britain
gptkbp:part_of	gptkb:Royal_Air_Force
gptkbp:role	air defense
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:No._12_Group_RAF gptkb:National_Guard gptkb:No._11_Group_RAF gptkb:No._10_Group_RAF gptkb:No._13_Group_RAF gptkb:No._9_Group_RAF
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Sir_Hugh_Dowding
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4