RAF Croydon

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Royal Air Force station military airfield

RAF Croydon was a Royal Air Force airfield in South London that served as a key fighter base, particularly during the early years of World War II and the Battle of Britain.

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Label Occurrences
RAF Croydon canonical 3

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Royal Air Force station ⓘ
military airfield ⓘ
conflict Battle of Britain ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War
country United Kingdom ⓘ
garrison RAF fighter units ⓘ
fighter squadrons ⓘ
hasCategory Battle of Britain airfields ⓘ
Royal Air Force stations in London ⓘ
World War II airfields in the United Kingdom ⓘ
hasHeritage site of former Croydon Airport ⓘ
hasPart airfield dispersal areas ⓘ
hangars ⓘ
runways ⓘ
hasPreviousUse Croydon Airport ⓘ
civil aerodrome ⓘ
heritageDesignation historical military site ⓘ
locatedIn Croydon ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

South London ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity London Borough of Croydon ⓘ
locatedInRegion England ⓘ
Greater London ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone BST ⓘ
GMT ⓘ
locatedNear Croydon Airport terminal buildings ⓘ
Purley Way ⓘ
Waddon ⓘ
militaryBranch Royal Air Force ⓘ
notableFor role in Battle of Britain ⓘ
role in early years of World War II ⓘ
notablePeriod 1940 ⓘ
early years of World War II ⓘ
operatedBy Royal Air Force ⓘ
partOf Royal Air Force Fighter Command ⓘ
surface form: RAF Fighter Command

air defence network around London ⓘ
role air defence base ⓘ
fighter base ⓘ
service air defence of the United Kingdom ⓘ
significantEvent air defence of London during Battle of Britain ⓘ
startTime World War II ⓘ
surface form: World War II era
status closed airfield ⓘ
use civil and military airfield ⓘ
fighter airfield ⓘ
military airfield ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

RAF No. 111 Squadron → basedAtDuringWorldWarII → RAF Croydon ⓘ
subject surface form: No. 111 Squadron RAF
RAF No. 111 Squadron → basedAtDuringBattleOfBritain → RAF Croydon ⓘ
subject surface form: No. 111 Squadron RAF
Battle of Britain airfields → hasPart → RAF Croydon ⓘ