No. 209 Squadron RAF

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Royal Air Force squadron

No. 209 Squadron RAF was a Royal Air Force flying boat and maritime patrol unit that served notably in both World Wars, conducting reconnaissance, anti-submarine, and search-and-rescue operations.

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Label	Occurrences
No. 209 Squadron RAF canonical	2

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Royal Air Force squadron ⓘ
aircraftOperated	Avro Anson ⓘ PBY Catalina seaplane ⓘ surface form: Consolidated PBY Catalina Lockheed Hudson ⓘ Short Sunderland ⓘ Sopwith Camel ⓘ Supermarine Stranraer ⓘ
allegiance	British Crown ⓘ
branch	Royal Air Force ⓘ
category	Flying boat squadrons ⓘ Maritime patrol aircraft units ⓘ Royal Air Force squadrons ⓘ
conflict	World War I ⓘ surface form: First World War World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
engagedAgainst	German U-boats ⓘ
era	20th century ⓘ
garrison	RAF Ballykelly ⓘ surface form: RAF Lough Erne RAF Mount Batten ⓘ RAF Oban ⓘ
mission	air-sea rescue patrols ⓘ anti-submarine patrols over Atlantic and coastal waters ⓘ convoy escort ⓘ
notableAircraftType	flying boat ⓘ
notableEvent	involved in action in which Manfred von Richthofen was shot down ⓘ
operationalFocus	coastal patrol ⓘ maritime reconnaissance ⓘ
operationalRoleWWI	fighter and reconnaissance ⓘ
operationalRoleWWII	maritime patrol and anti-submarine warfare ⓘ
originatedAs	No. 9 Naval Squadron RNAS ⓘ surface form: No. 9 Squadron Royal Naval Air Service
participatedIn	Western Front air operations ⓘ
role	anti-submarine warfare ⓘ maritime patrol ⓘ reconnaissance ⓘ search and rescue ⓘ
service	Royal Air Force ⓘ Royal Naval Air Service ⓘ
serviceBranchChangeDate	1918-04-01 ⓘ
theatre	Battle of the Atlantic ⓘ surface form: Atlantic theatre of World War II
type	flying boat squadron ⓘ
usedBy	RAF Coastal Command ⓘ surface form: Coastal Command
wasRenumberedFrom	No. 9 Naval Squadron RNAS ⓘ surface form: No. 9 Squadron RNAS
wasRenumberedOn	1918-04-01 ⓘ

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

Supermarine Southampton → operator → No. 209 Squadron RAF ⓘ

Captain Roy Brown → airForceUnit → No. 209 Squadron RAF ⓘ

subject surface form: Roy Brown