RAF Biggin Hill
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RAF Biggin Hill is a historic Royal Air Force station in Kent, England, renowned for its pivotal role in the air defense of Britain during the Second World War, particularly the Battle of Britain.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| RAF Biggin Hill canonical | 7 |
| RAF Chapel Biggin Hill | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Royal Air Force station
ⓘ
military airfield ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
No. 32 Squadron RAF
ⓘ
No. 610 Squadron RAF ⓘ No. 79 Squadron RAF ⓘ No. 92 Squadron RAF ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| currentName | London Biggin Hill Airport ⓘ |
| defendedBy |
Royal Air Force units
ⓘ
surface form:
RAF fighter squadrons
|
| hasChapel |
RAF Chapel of Remembrance at Biggin Hill
ⓘ
surface form:
St George’s RAF Chapel of Remembrance
|
| hasCommemoration | annual Battle of Britain events ⓘ |
| hasElevation | approximately 190 metres above sea level ⓘ |
| hasFunction | fighter command base ⓘ |
| hasHeritage | historic Battle of Britain station ⓘ |
| hasHeritageStatus | site of significant wartime heritage ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalPeriod | 20th century military history ⓘ |
| hasIcaoCode | EGKB ⓘ |
| hasMemorial |
RAF Chapel of Remembrance at Biggin Hill
ⓘ
surface form:
RAF Chapel of Remembrance
|
| hasNearestCity |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| hasOwner |
London Biggin Hill Airport
ⓘ
surface form:
London Biggin Hill Airport Ltd
Ministry of Defence ⓘ
surface form:
Ministry of Defence (historical)
|
| hasPreviousUse | fighter aircraft operations ⓘ |
| hasRadarControlRole | sector station ⓘ |
| hasRole |
air defence station
ⓘ
fighter station ⓘ |
| hasRunway |
03/21
ⓘ
03R/21L ⓘ |
| hasRunwaySurface | asphalt ⓘ |
| hasSector |
Biggin Hill
ⓘ
surface form:
Biggin Hill sector
|
| hasTransportType | airport ⓘ |
| hasUse |
air shows
ⓘ
business aviation ⓘ general aviation ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
England
ⓘ
Kent ⓘ London Borough of Bromley ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | South East England ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Biggin Hill ⓘ |
| locatedSouthOf |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| notableFor |
Second World War air defence of Britain
ⓘ
role in the Battle of Britain ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Royal Air Force ⓘ |
| partOf |
Dowding system
ⓘ
surface form:
Dowding system of air defence
No. 11 Group RAF ⓘ Royal Air Force ⓘ |
| transitionedTo | civilian airport ⓘ |
| usedDuring |
World War I
ⓘ
surface form:
First World War
World War II ⓘ
surface form:
Second World War
|
| wasTargetOf | Luftwaffe bombing raids ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: RAF Biggin Hill Description of subject: RAF Biggin Hill is a historic Royal Air Force station in Kent, England, renowned for its pivotal role in the air defense of Britain during the Second World War, particularly the Battle of Britain.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
RAF Chapel Biggin Hill