Operation Plainfare
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Operation Plainfare was the Royal Air Force’s contribution to the 1948–1949 Berlin Airlift, supplying West Berlin with food and fuel during the Soviet blockade.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Operation Plainfare canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T887285 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Operation Plainfare Context triple: [Operation Vittles, relatedTo, Operation Plainfare]
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A.
Operation Blissful
Operation Blissful was a World War II Allied military operation in the Pacific theater, conducted as part of the broader Operation Cartwheel campaign to isolate and neutralize the major Japanese base at Rabaul.
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B.
Operation Whirlwind
Operation Whirlwind was the codename for the large-scale Soviet military intervention that crushed the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 and reasserted Soviet control over Hungary.
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C.
Operation Longcloth
Operation Longcloth was a 1943 long-range penetration raid by British Chindit forces behind Japanese lines in Burma during World War II.
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D.
Operation Joshua
Operation Joshua was a 1985 Israeli-led airlift that rescued and relocated hundreds of Ethiopian Jews from Sudan to Israel as part of a broader effort to bring the Ethiopian Jewish community to safety.
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E.
Operation Wilfred
Operation Wilfred was a British World War II naval operation in April 1940 aimed at mining Norwegian coastal waters to disrupt German access to Swedish iron ore, helping trigger the subsequent German invasion of Norway and battles such as Narvik.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Operation Plainfare Target entity description: Operation Plainfare was the Royal Air Force’s contribution to the 1948–1949 Berlin Airlift, supplying West Berlin with food and fuel during the Soviet blockade.
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A.
Operation Blissful
Operation Blissful was a World War II Allied military operation in the Pacific theater, conducted as part of the broader Operation Cartwheel campaign to isolate and neutralize the major Japanese base at Rabaul.
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B.
Operation Whirlwind
Operation Whirlwind was the codename for the large-scale Soviet military intervention that crushed the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 and reasserted Soviet control over Hungary.
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C.
Operation Longcloth
Operation Longcloth was a 1943 long-range penetration raid by British Chindit forces behind Japanese lines in Burma during World War II.
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D.
Operation Joshua
Operation Joshua was a 1985 Israeli-led airlift that rescued and relocated hundreds of Ethiopian Jews from Sudan to Israel as part of a broader effort to bring the Ethiopian Jewish community to safety.
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E.
Operation Wilfred
Operation Wilfred was a British World War II naval operation in April 1940 aimed at mining Norwegian coastal waters to disrupt German access to Swedish iron ore, helping trigger the subsequent German invasion of Norway and battles such as Narvik.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Royal Air Force operation
ⓘ
military operation ⓘ |
| alliedWith |
French Air Force
ⓘ
United States Air Force ⓘ |
| basedIn |
RAF bases in West Germany
ⓘ
RAF bases in the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| conflict | Cold War ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| endTime | 1949 ⓘ |
| follows | end of the Second World War in Europe ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
demonstrating Allied airlift capability
ⓘ
strengthening Western presence in Berlin ⓘ |
| hasPart |
air transport of food
ⓘ
air transport of fuel ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | post–Second World War Europe ⓘ |
| location |
Berlin
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Germany ⓘ West Berlin ⓘ |
| notableFor |
large-scale sustained airlift operations
ⓘ
logistical innovation in air transport ⓘ |
| objective |
overcome the Soviet blockade of Berlin
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supply West Berlin with food ⓘ supply West Berlin with fuel ⓘ support the Berlin Airlift ⓘ |
| operator | Royal Air Force ⓘ |
| opposedBy | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| participant |
RAF Transport Command
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surface form:
Royal Air Force Transport Command
Royal Air Force aircrews ⓘ Royal Air Force ground crews ⓘ |
| partOf |
Allied response to the Berlin Blockade
ⓘ
Berlin Airlift ⓘ |
| result |
failure of the Soviet blockade to force Allied withdrawal from Berlin
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successful supply of West Berlin by air ⓘ |
| startTime | 1948 ⓘ |
| temporalContext | Berlin Blockade ⓘ |
| uses |
Avro York aircraft
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Douglas Dakota aircraft ⓘ Handley Page Hastings aircraft ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Operation Plainfare Description of subject: Operation Plainfare was the Royal Air Force’s contribution to the 1948–1949 Berlin Airlift, supplying West Berlin with food and fuel during the Soviet blockade.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.