617 Squadron

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Royal Air Force squadron

617 Squadron is a famous Royal Air Force unit best known as the "Dambusters" for its World War II raids using bouncing bombs against German dams.

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Label Occurrences
617 Squadron canonical 1
617 Squadron "The Dambusters" 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Royal Air Force squadron ⓘ
airForce Royal Air Force ⓘ
allegiance Allies of World War II ⓘ
awardedHonor Victoria Cross to Guy Gibson ⓘ
basedAt RAF Marham ⓘ
RAF Scampton ⓘ
commandingOfficer Guy Gibson ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War
country United Kingdom ⓘ
formedDuring World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War
formedOn 1943-03-21 ⓘ
hasBattleHonour Dams Raid 1943 ⓘ
Allied operations in Western Europe ⓘ
surface form: France and Germany 1944–45
hasMember Guy Gibson ⓘ
heritage continues Dambusters name in modern RAF ⓘ
insignia badge featuring a breached dam ⓘ
laterRole conventional bombing ⓘ
nuclear strike ⓘ
tactical strike ⓘ
mediaDepiction The Dam Busters (book) ⓘ
surface form: The Dam Busters (1951 book)

The Dam Busters (1955 film) ⓘ
militaryBranch Royal Air Force ⓘ
motto Après moi le déluge ⓘ
mottoLanguage French ⓘ
mottoTranslation After me, the flood ⓘ
nickname Dambusters ⓘ
notableFor attacks on German dams using bouncing bombs ⓘ
operation Operation Chastise ⓘ
participatedIn Gulf War ⓘ
Iraq War ⓘ
Operation Herrick ⓘ
Operation Shader ⓘ
Operation Telic ⓘ
partOf No. 5 Group RAF ⓘ
reformedAs first UK F-35B frontline squadron ⓘ
reformedOn 2018-04-01 ⓘ
role precision bombing ⓘ
special operations ⓘ
targeted Eder Dam ⓘ
Möhne Dam ⓘ
Sorpe Dam ⓘ
usedAircraft Avro Lancaster ⓘ
Avro Lincoln ⓘ
Vulcan bomber ⓘ
surface form: Avro Vulcan

English Electric Canberra ⓘ
F-35B Lightning II ⓘ
surface form: Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II

Panavia Tornado ⓘ
surface form: Panavia Tornado GR1

Panavia Tornado GR4 ⓘ
usedWeapon Upkeep bouncing bomb ⓘ

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

No. 617 Squadron RAF → designation → 617 Squadron ⓘ
Dambuster bomb → associatedUnit → 617 Squadron ⓘ
this entity surface form: 617 Squadron "The Dambusters"