No. 56 Squadron RAF

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Royal Air Force squadron military unit

No. 56 Squadron RAF is a historic Royal Air Force fighter unit renowned for its distinguished service in both World Wars and the early jet age.

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Label Occurrences
No. 56 Squadron RAF canonical 7

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Royal Air Force squadron ⓘ
military unit ⓘ
aircraftOperated English Electric Lightning ⓘ
Gloster Meteor ⓘ
Hawker Hunter ⓘ
Hawker Hurricane ⓘ
Hawker Typhoon ⓘ
McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR.2 ⓘ
Panavia Tornado ⓘ
surface form: Panavia Tornado F3

Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5 ⓘ
alliance NATO ⓘ
branch Royal Air Force ⓘ
conflict Cold War ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
surface form: First World War

World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War
country United Kingdom ⓘ
decorations Battle honours for Battle of Britain ⓘ
Battle honours for Defence of Britain ⓘ
Battle honours for Western Front 1917–1918 ⓘ
garrison RAF Akrotiri ⓘ
RAF Coningsby ⓘ
RAF Leuchars ⓘ
RAF Wattisham ⓘ
hasSpeciality air defence of the UK ⓘ
fighter operations ⓘ
heritage historic RAF fighter unit ⓘ
motto Quid si coelum ruat ⓘ
mottoLanguage Latin ⓘ
mottoTranslation What if the heavens fall? ⓘ
nickname The Firebirds ⓘ
notableAircraftEra early jet age ⓘ
notableFor early jet age operations ⓘ
service in both World Wars ⓘ
operationalRole air superiority ⓘ
interception ⓘ
partOf Fighter Command ⓘ
surface form: Air Defence of Great Britain

Royal Air Force Fighter Command ⓘ
surface form: RAF Fighter Command

RAF Strike Command ⓘ
role air defence ⓘ
fighter squadron ⓘ
service Royal Flying Corps ⓘ
surface form: Royal Flying Corps (as a squadron before RAF formation)
serviceBranch Royal Flying Corps ⓘ
surface form: British Army (Royal Flying Corps predecessor)
theatre European theatre of World War II ⓘ
United Kingdom air defence ⓘ
Western Front ⓘ
type fighter ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Hawker Typhoon → enteredServiceWithUnit → No. 56 Squadron RAF ⓘ
Supermarine Swift → usedBy → No. 56 Squadron RAF ⓘ
McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR.2 → operator → No. 56 Squadron RAF ⓘ
RAF Leuchars → formerStationedUnit → No. 56 Squadron RAF ⓘ
RAF Waddington International Air Show → hostUnit → No. 56 Squadron RAF ⓘ
RAF North Weald → hostedUnit → No. 56 Squadron RAF ⓘ
No. 56 Squadron RFC → successorUnit → No. 56 Squadron RAF ⓘ