RAF Basra

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RAF Basra was a Royal Air Force station in Basra, Iraq, that served as a key British air base in the Middle East, particularly during the interwar period and World War II.

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RAF Basra canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Royal Air Force station
military air base
alliance British Empire NERFINISHED
controlledBy United Kingdom government NERFINISHED
country United Kingdom
garrison British forces NERFINISHED
Royal Air Force units NERFINISHED
historicalEra Second World War era NERFINISHED
interwar period
locatedIn Middle East
locatedNear Shatt al-Arab waterway NERFINISHED
location Basra NERFINISHED
Iraq NERFINISHED
namedAfter Basra NERFINISHED
operator Royal Air Force
partOf British military presence in Iraq
Royal Air Force Iraq Command NERFINISHED
primaryFunction air operations base
staging post for long‑range flights
regionServed Middle East theatre of World War II NERFINISHED
Persian Gulf region NERFINISHED
serviceBranch Royal Air Force NERFINISHED
strategicRole key British air base in the Middle East
support of British imperial communications
support of air operations in Iraq
usedDuringConflict World War II
interwar period

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No. 203 Squadron RAF garrison RAF Basra