No. 206 Squadron RAF

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Royal Air Force squadron

No. 206 Squadron RAF was a Royal Air Force unit best known for its long service in maritime patrol and anti-submarine roles, particularly during the Second World War.

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Label Occurrences
No. 206 Squadron RAF canonical 3

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Royal Air Force squadron ⓘ
aircraftOperated Airco DH.4 ⓘ
Airco DH.9 ⓘ
Avro Anson ⓘ
Boeing Fortress I ⓘ
Bristol Blenheim ⓘ
Consolidated B-24 Liberator ⓘ
surface form: Consolidated Liberator

Hawker Audax ⓘ
Hawker Hind ⓘ
Lockheed Hudson ⓘ
Vickers Wellington ⓘ
allegiance British Crown ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
surface form: First World War

World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War
country United Kingdom ⓘ
disbanded post-Second World War ⓘ
duty anti-submarine patrols ⓘ
convoy protection ⓘ
maritime reconnaissance ⓘ
equipmentType maritime patrol aircraft ⓘ
era 20th century ⓘ
formationDate 1916 ⓘ
formedAs No. 206 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps ⓘ
garrison RAF Aldergrove ⓘ
RAF Bircham Newton ⓘ
RAF Chivenor ⓘ
RAF Leuchars ⓘ
RAF St Eval ⓘ
militaryBranch Royal Air Force ⓘ
missionType reconnaissance ⓘ
shipping strikes ⓘ
nickname 206 Squadron ⓘ
notableFor convoy escort duties ⓘ
long-range anti-submarine patrols over the Atlantic ⓘ
operationalCommand RAF Coastal Command ⓘ
partOf RAF Coastal Command ⓘ
surface form: Coastal Command
primaryEnemy U-boats ⓘ
surface form: German U-boats
role anti-submarine warfare ⓘ
maritime patrol ⓘ
service Royal Air Force ⓘ
Royal Flying Corps ⓘ
serviceNumber 206 ⓘ
theatre Battle of the Atlantic ⓘ
type flying squadron ⓘ

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

RAF Brize Norton → basedUnit → No. 206 Squadron RAF ⓘ
RAF Kinloss → homeSquadron → No. 206 Squadron RAF ⓘ
MR2 → usedBy → No. 206 Squadron RAF ⓘ
subject surface form: Nimrod MR2