RAF Bentley Priory

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Royal Air Force station military headquarters

RAF Bentley Priory was a historic Royal Air Force station in north London that served as the command and control center for Britain's air defense, most notably during the Battle of Britain in World War II.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
RAF Bentley Priory canonical	5
Royal Air Force headquarters site at Bentley Priory	1
Royal Air Force station	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Royal Air Force station ⓘ military headquarters ⓘ
associatedWith	Chain Home radar network ⓘ
branch	Royal Air Force ⓘ
commandedBy	Hugh Dowding ⓘ surface form: Air Chief Marshal Hugh Dowding
conflict	Battle of Britain ⓘ World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War
controlled	fighter squadrons defending the UK ⓘ
coordinatesAirDefenceOf	United Kingdom ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
currentUse	Bentley Priory ⓘ surface form: Bentley Priory Museum residential development (surrounding estate) ⓘ
endDate	2008 ⓘ
garrison	Royal Air Force Fighter Command ⓘ surface form: RAF Fighter Command
garrisonedUnit	RAF Fighter Command Headquarters staff ⓘ
hasMemorial	museum of the Battle of Britain ⓘ surface form: Battle of Britain memorial displays
hasPart	barracks ⓘ filter room ⓘ officers' mess ⓘ operations room ⓘ radar plotting facilities ⓘ
hasVisitorAttraction	Bentley Priory ⓘ surface form: Bentley Priory Museum
heritageDesignation	listed building ⓘ
historicalEra	Cold War ⓘ World War II ⓘ
implementedSystem	Dowding system ⓘ surface form: Dowding System
laterUse	heritage site ⓘ museum ⓘ
locatedIn	England ⓘ Greater London ⓘ London Borough of Harrow ⓘ Stanmore ⓘ North London ⓘ surface form: north London
namedAfter	Bentley Priory ⓘ
notableFor	Fighter Command headquarters ⓘ role in the Battle of Britain ⓘ
operatedBy	Royal Air Force ⓘ
partOf	Dowding system ⓘ surface form: British air defence system
regionServed	British Isles ⓘ
roleDuringWorldWarII	central operations room for air defence of the UK ⓘ headquarters of RAF Fighter Command ⓘ
significantEvent	Battle of Britain ⓘ
startDate	1926 ⓘ
status	closed as an RAF station ⓘ
subordinateTo	Air Ministry ⓘ
timePeriodOfGreatestSignificance	1940 ⓘ
usedFor	air defence coordination ⓘ command and control of air defence ⓘ radar reporting and interception control ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Fighter Command → locationOfHeadquarters → RAF Bentley Priory ⓘ

Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Fighter Command → garrison → RAF Bentley Priory ⓘ

Bentley Priory → usedAs → RAF Bentley Priory ⓘ

this entity surface form: Royal Air Force station

AOC-in-C Fighter Command → seatOfOffice → RAF Bentley Priory ⓘ

Royal Air Force Fighter Command → headquartersLocation → RAF Bentley Priory ⓘ

Stanmore → hasHistoricalUse → RAF Bentley Priory ⓘ

this entity surface form: Royal Air Force headquarters site at Bentley Priory

Fighter Command → headquartersLocation → RAF Bentley Priory ⓘ