Air Ministry Specification B.12/36
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Air Ministry Specification B.12/36 was a British pre–Second World War requirement issued by the Air Ministry for the development of a new heavy bomber aircraft.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Air Ministry Specification B.12/36 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2803167 — 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: Air Ministry Specification B.12/36 Context triple: [Short Stirling, designedToSpecification, Air Ministry Specification B.12/36]
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A.
Supermarine S.5
The Supermarine S.5 was a British racing seaplane of the 1920s, designed by R.J. Mitchell for the Schneider Trophy and serving as an important precursor to the famous Spitfire fighter.
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B.
Supermarine S.4
The Supermarine S.4 was a pioneering 1920s British racing seaplane designed by R.J. Mitchell that helped lay the technological groundwork for later aircraft like the Supermarine Spitfire.
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C.
Fairey Battle
The Fairey Battle was a British single-engine light bomber used by the Royal Air Force in the early years of World War II, noted for its heavy losses in combat due to inadequate performance against modern fighters.
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D.
Supermarine S.6
The Supermarine S.6 was a British racing seaplane developed in the late 1920s that set speed records and directly influenced the design of the iconic Supermarine Spitfire fighter.
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E.
Supermarine Spiteful
The Supermarine Spiteful was a late-World War II British fighter aircraft developed as an advanced, high-performance evolution of the Spitfire with a new laminar-flow wing and improved speed.
- 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: Air Ministry Specification B.12/36 Target entity description: Air Ministry Specification B.12/36 was a British pre–Second World War requirement issued by the Air Ministry for the development of a new heavy bomber aircraft.
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A.
Supermarine S.5
The Supermarine S.5 was a British racing seaplane of the 1920s, designed by R.J. Mitchell for the Schneider Trophy and serving as an important precursor to the famous Spitfire fighter.
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B.
Supermarine S.4
The Supermarine S.4 was a pioneering 1920s British racing seaplane designed by R.J. Mitchell that helped lay the technological groundwork for later aircraft like the Supermarine Spitfire.
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C.
Fairey Battle
The Fairey Battle was a British single-engine light bomber used by the Royal Air Force in the early years of World War II, noted for its heavy losses in combat due to inadequate performance against modern fighters.
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D.
Supermarine S.6
The Supermarine S.6 was a British racing seaplane developed in the late 1920s that set speed records and directly influenced the design of the iconic Supermarine Spitfire fighter.
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E.
Supermarine Spiteful
The Supermarine Spiteful was a late-World War II British fighter aircraft developed as an advanced, high-performance evolution of the Spitfire with a new laminar-flow wing and improved speed.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British Air Ministry specification
ⓘ
aircraft specification ⓘ |
| aircraftRoleRequired | heavy bomber ⓘ |
| aircraftTypeRequired | land-based bomber ⓘ |
| appliesTo | British aircraft manufacturers ⓘ |
| conflictContext |
World War II
ⓘ
surface form:
Second World War
|
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| designationScheme | B-series bomber specification ⓘ |
| documentType |
procurement specification
ⓘ
technical requirement ⓘ |
| domain | military aviation ⓘ |
| era | interwar period ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | part of RAF bomber force expansion before the Second World War ⓘ |
| issuedBy | Air Ministry ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Royal Air Force ⓘ |
| numberInSeries | 12 ⓘ |
| purpose | development of a new heavy bomber aircraft ⓘ |
| regulates |
design requirements for heavy bombers
ⓘ
operational requirements for heavy bombers ⓘ performance requirements for heavy bombers ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Royal Air Force heavy bomber development programmes ⓘ |
| timePeriod | pre–Second World War ⓘ |
| usedBy | British aircraft design bureaus ⓘ |
| yearDesignated | 1936 ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Air Ministry Specification B.12/36 Description of subject: Air Ministry Specification B.12/36 was a British pre–Second World War requirement issued by the Air Ministry for the development of a new heavy bomber aircraft.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.