Fighter Command

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Royal Air Force command military formation

Fighter Command was the Royal Air Force command responsible for the air defense of the United Kingdom, most notably during the Battle of Britain in World War II.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Fighter Command canonical 6
Air Defence of Great Britain 2
Air defence of the United Kingdom 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Royal Air Force command ⓘ
military formation ⓘ
branchColor light blue ⓘ
conflict Battle of Britain ⓘ
Battle of France ⓘ
Home Defence 1940–1945 ⓘ
surface form: Defence of the United Kingdom 1939–1945

World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War
country United Kingdom ⓘ
disbandedOn 1968-11-30 ⓘ
era 20th century ⓘ
formedOn 1936-07-14 ⓘ
garrisonLabel Headquarters ⓘ
headquartersLocation RAF Bentley Priory ⓘ
Stanmore ⓘ
surface form: Stanmore, Middlesex
historicalPeriod Cold War ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
interwar period ⓘ
mergedInto Strike Command ⓘ
nickname The Few’s command ⓘ
notableCommander Hugh Dowding ⓘ
surface form: Air Chief Marshal Hugh Dowding

Air Chief Marshal Roderic Hill ⓘ
Air Chief Marshal Sir Sholto Douglas ⓘ
surface form: Air Chief Marshal Sholto Douglas

Air Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory ⓘ
surface form: Air Chief Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory
notableFor role in the Battle of Britain ⓘ
operatedBy Air Ministry ⓘ
partOf Royal Air Force ⓘ
primaryResponsibility air defence of the United Kingdom ⓘ
role air defence ⓘ
fighter operations ⓘ
serviceBranch Royal Air Force ⓘ
subdivision No. 10 Group RAF ⓘ
No. 11 Group RAF ⓘ
No. 12 Group RAF ⓘ
No. 13 Group RAF ⓘ
subordinateTo Air Council ⓘ
task control of fighter aircraft units ⓘ
interception of enemy aircraft ⓘ
protection of British airspace ⓘ
theatreOfOperations British Isles ⓘ
European theatre of World War II ⓘ
Northwest Europe ⓘ
surface form: North-West Europe
usedEquipment Boulton Paul Defiant ⓘ
Bristol Blenheim ⓘ
surface form: Bristol Blenheim (fighter variants)

Chain Home radar network ⓘ
Hawker Hurricane ⓘ
Supermarine Spitfire ⓘ
radar ⓘ
usedLanguage English ⓘ
usedSystem Dowding system ⓘ
integrated air defence system ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

No. 11 Group RAF → higherFormation → Fighter Command ⓘ
David Lee → commanded → Fighter Command ⓘ
No. 11 Squadron RAF → notableOperation → Fighter Command ⓘ
this entity surface form: Air defence of the United Kingdom
Richard Johns → commanded → Fighter Command ⓘ
Strike Command → formedByMergerOf → Fighter Command ⓘ
RAF Coningsby → usedBy → Fighter Command ⓘ
No. 111 Squadron → partOf → Fighter Command ⓘ
subject surface form: No. 111 Squadron RAF
this entity surface form: Air Defence of Great Britain
No. 56 Squadron RAF → partOf → Fighter Command ⓘ
this entity surface form: Air Defence of Great Britain
Graham Stanton → commanded → Fighter Command ⓘ