McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR.2
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The McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR.2 was a British variant of the F-4 Phantom II multirole fighter aircraft, adapted for the Royal Air Force with Rolls-Royce Spey engines and specialized avionics for air defense and ground-attack roles.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR.2 canonical | 9 |
| McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR2 | 3 |
| F-4M Phantom FGR.2 | 1 |
| Hawker Siddeley Phantom FGR.2 | 1 |
| McDonnell Douglas Phantom | 1 |
| McDonnell Douglas Phantom II | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T997424 — 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: McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR.2 Context triple: [No. 111 Squadron RAF, aircraftOperated, McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR.2]
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A.
Panavia Tornado GR4
The Panavia Tornado GR4 is a British multirole combat aircraft variant known for its precision strike, reconnaissance, and close air support capabilities in modern conflicts.
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B.
Gloster Javelin
The Gloster Javelin was a British twin-engine, delta-wing, all-weather jet interceptor aircraft that served with the Royal Air Force during the Cold War.
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C.
Panavia Tornado
The Panavia Tornado is a twin-engine, variable-sweep wing multirole combat aircraft developed jointly by the United Kingdom, Germany, and Italy, renowned for its low-level strike and interdiction capabilities.
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D.
Hawker P.1127
The Hawker P.1127 was an experimental British vertical/short takeoff and landing (V/STOL) jet aircraft that led directly to the development of the Harrier jump jet.
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E.
BAE Systems Hawk T1
The BAE Systems Hawk T1 is a British single-engine jet trainer aircraft best known as the iconic mount of the Royal Air Force’s Red Arrows aerobatic display team.
- 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: McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR.2 Target entity description: The McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR.2 was a British variant of the F-4 Phantom II multirole fighter aircraft, adapted for the Royal Air Force with Rolls-Royce Spey engines and specialized avionics for air defense and ground-attack roles.
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A.
Panavia Tornado GR4
The Panavia Tornado GR4 is a British multirole combat aircraft variant known for its precision strike, reconnaissance, and close air support capabilities in modern conflicts.
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B.
Gloster Javelin
The Gloster Javelin was a British twin-engine, delta-wing, all-weather jet interceptor aircraft that served with the Royal Air Force during the Cold War.
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C.
Panavia Tornado
The Panavia Tornado is a twin-engine, variable-sweep wing multirole combat aircraft developed jointly by the United Kingdom, Germany, and Italy, renowned for its low-level strike and interdiction capabilities.
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D.
Hawker P.1127
The Hawker P.1127 was an experimental British vertical/short takeoff and landing (V/STOL) jet aircraft that led directly to the development of the Harrier jump jet.
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E.
BAE Systems Hawk T1
The BAE Systems Hawk T1 is a British single-engine jet trainer aircraft best known as the iconic mount of the Royal Air Force’s Red Arrows aerobatic display team.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
F-4 Phantom II variant
ⓘ
fighter aircraft ⓘ multirole combat aircraft ⓘ |
| aircraftConfiguration |
carrier-capable design lineage
ⓘ
tandem-seat ⓘ twin-engine ⓘ |
| airForceDesignation | FGR.2 ⓘ |
| airIntakeDesign | modified for Rolls-Royce Spey engines ⓘ |
| alsoOperatedBy | Royal Navy ⓘ |
| armamentCapability |
air-to-air missiles
ⓘ
air-to-ground ordnance ⓘ reconnaissance pods ⓘ |
| avionics |
navigation and attack systems for ground attack
ⓘ
specialized air defense radar ⓘ |
| basedOn | US Navy F-4J configuration conceptually ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| designedFor | United Kingdom requirements ⓘ |
| developedFrom |
McDonnell F-4 Phantom II
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surface form:
McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II
|
| introducedForServiceWith | Royal Air Force ⓘ |
| manufacturer | McDonnell Douglas ⓘ |
| operator |
No. 14 Squadron RAF
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No. 1435 Flight RAF ⓘ No. 17 Squadron RAF ⓘ No. 19 Squadron RAF ⓘ No. 2 Squadron RAF ⓘ No. 228 Operational Conversion Unit RAF ⓘ No. 23 Squadron RAF ⓘ No. 31 Squadron RAF ⓘ No. 41 Squadron RAF ⓘ No. 54 Squadron RAF ⓘ No. 56 Squadron RAF ⓘ No. 6 Squadron RAF ⓘ No. 92 Squadron RAF ⓘ |
| primaryUser | Royal Air Force ⓘ |
| retiredFromService | Royal Air Force ⓘ |
| role |
air defense
ⓘ
ground attack ⓘ reconnaissance ⓘ |
| serviceEntry | late 1960s ⓘ |
| status | retired military aircraft type ⓘ |
| tailDesign | strengthened structure ⓘ |
| usedByBranch |
Royal Air Force units
ⓘ
surface form:
RAF Air Defence squadrons
RAF Germany ⓘ RAF Strike Command ⓘ |
| usedInRole |
NATO air defense
ⓘ
air defense of the United Kingdom ⓘ tactical reconnaissance ⓘ tactical strike ⓘ |
| usesEngine | Rolls-Royce Spey turbofan ⓘ |
| wingDesign | modified leading-edge and flaps compared to US Phantoms ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR.2 Description of subject: The McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR.2 was a British variant of the F-4 Phantom II multirole fighter aircraft, adapted for the Royal Air Force with Rolls-Royce Spey engines and specialized avionics for air defense and ground-attack roles.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
No. 111 Squadron RAF
this entity surface form:
McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR2
this entity surface form:
Hawker Siddeley Phantom FGR.2
this entity surface form:
McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR2
this entity surface form:
McDonnell Douglas Phantom II
subject surface form:
No. 111 Squadron RAF
this entity surface form:
F-4M Phantom FGR.2
this entity surface form:
McDonnell Douglas Phantom
subject surface form:
RAF Coningsby
this entity surface form:
McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR2
subject surface form:
No. 29 Squadron RAF
subject surface form:
No. 2 Squadron RAF