RNAS Cranwell

E14435

Royal Naval Air Service air station

RNAS Cranwell was a major First World War-era Royal Naval Air Service training and operational air station in Lincolnshire, England, that later evolved into RAF Cranwell, a key Royal Air Force college and base.

Statements (30)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Royal Naval Air Service air station →
airfieldType	land air station →
associatedWith	RAF Cranwell → surface form: "Royal Air Force College Cranwell"
conflict	World War I → surface form: "First World War"
convertedTo	RAF Cranwell →
country	United Kingdom →
countryDuringOperation	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland →
era	World War I → surface form: "First World War"
followedBy	RAF Cranwell →
garrison	Royal Naval Air Service →
garrisonedIn	Cranwell, Lincolnshire, England → surface form: "Cranwell, Lincolnshire"
hasSuccessor	RAF Cranwell →
historicalRole	major First World War training station → operational air station →
inception	1910s →
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	England → Lincolnshire → United Kingdom →
locatedNear	Sleaford →
location	Cranwell, Lincolnshire, England →
militaryBranchTransition	Royal Naval Air Service to Royal Air Force →
notableFor	aircrew training → observer training → pilot training →
operatedBy	Royal Naval Air Service →
partOf	British naval aviation infrastructure → Royal Naval Air Service →
serviceBranch	Royal Navy →
use	military aviation training → operational flying →

Referenced by (1)

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

Royal Naval Air Service → notableBase → RNAS Cranwell →