No. 617 Squadron RAF

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Royal Air Force squadron

No. 617 Squadron RAF is a famous Royal Air Force unit best known for its World War II "Dambusters" raid using specially designed bouncing bombs against German dams in 1943.

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No. 617 Squadron RAF canonical 29

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Royal Air Force squadron ⓘ
aircraftOperated Avro Lancaster ⓘ
Vulcan bomber ⓘ
surface form: Avro Vulcan

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

Panavia Tornado ⓘ
surface form: Panavia Tornado GR1

Panavia Tornado GR4 ⓘ
alliedWith Royal Navy ⓘ
awardedToMembers The Victoria Cross ⓘ
surface form: Victoria Cross
basedAt RAF Lossiemouth ⓘ
RAF Scampton ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War
country United Kingdom ⓘ
currentRole F-35B Lightning force ⓘ
dateFormed 1943-03-21 ⓘ
designation 617 Squadron ⓘ
firstCommandingOfficer Guy Gibson ⓘ
formedDuring World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War
hasBattleHonour War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ
surface form: Afghanistan 2001–2014

Channel and North Sea 1943–1945 ⓘ
Dams Raid 1943 ⓘ
France and Germany 1944–1945 ⓘ
Iraq 1991 ⓘ
Iraq 2003 ⓘ
Battle of Normandy ⓘ
surface form: Normandy 1944
heritage Dambusters tradition ⓘ
initialBase RAF Scampton ⓘ
laterPartOf Royal Air Force Air Command ⓘ
surface form: RAF Air Command

RAF Strike Command ⓘ
militaryBranch Royal Air Force ⓘ
motto Après moi le déluge ⓘ
mottoLanguage French ⓘ
mottoTranslation After me, the flood ⓘ
nickname The Dam Busters (1955 film) ⓘ
surface form: Dambusters
notableCommander Guy Gibson ⓘ
surface form: Wing Commander Guy Gibson
notableFor Operation Chastise ⓘ
surface form: Dambusters raid

precision low-level bombing of German dams in 1943 ⓘ
notableOperation Operation Chastise ⓘ
operatesFrom HMS Prince of Wales ⓘ
HMS Queen Elizabeth ⓘ
RAF Marham ⓘ
partOf Royal Air Force Bomber Command ⓘ
surface form: RAF Bomber Command
role precision bombing ⓘ
special operations ⓘ
targeted Eder Dam ⓘ
Möhne Dam ⓘ
Sorpe Dam ⓘ
type fast jet squadron ⓘ
usedWeapon Upkeep ⓘ
surface form: Upkeep bomb

bouncing bomb ⓘ

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

Royal Air Force Bomber Command → notableUnit → No. 617 Squadron RAF ⓘ
Operation Chastise → unit → No. 617 Squadron RAF ⓘ
Lancaster → unitInvolved → No. 617 Squadron RAF ⓘ
subject surface form: Avro Lancaster
RAF Scampton → notableUnitStationed → No. 617 Squadron RAF ⓘ
Avro Lancaster → unitInvolved → No. 617 Squadron RAF ⓘ
Upkeep bouncing bomb → usedBy → No. 617 Squadron RAF ⓘ
Sorpe Dam → attackedBy → No. 617 Squadron RAF ⓘ
Guy Gibson → commanded → No. 617 Squadron RAF ⓘ
Vulcan bomber → usedBy → No. 617 Squadron RAF ⓘ
subject surface form: Avro Vulcan
Marham → homeToUnit → No. 617 Squadron RAF ⓘ
subject surface form: RAF Marham
The Dam Busters (1955 film) → depictsUnit → No. 617 Squadron RAF ⓘ
Tallboy bomb → usedBy → No. 617 Squadron RAF ⓘ
RAF Marham → garrison → No. 617 Squadron RAF ⓘ
EGXP → historicallyAssociatedWith → No. 617 Squadron RAF ⓘ
Lanc → usedByUnit → No. 617 Squadron RAF ⓘ
subject surface form: Avro Lancaster
Enemy Coast Ahead → mainSubject → No. 617 Squadron RAF ⓘ
Enemy Coast Ahead → depictsUnit → No. 617 Squadron RAF ⓘ
RAF Memorial at Woodhall Spa → notableUnitCommemorated → No. 617 Squadron RAF ⓘ
Dambusters Memorial at Derwent Reservoir → hasSubject → No. 617 Squadron RAF ⓘ
Dambusters Raid sites → targetedBy → No. 617 Squadron RAF ⓘ
Upkeep → usedBy → No. 617 Squadron RAF ⓘ
Upkeep → notableUnit → No. 617 Squadron RAF ⓘ
Dambuster bomb → usedBy → No. 617 Squadron RAF ⓘ
bouncing bomb → operatedByUnit → No. 617 Squadron RAF ⓘ
Dams Raid 1943 → conductedBy → No. 617 Squadron RAF ⓘ
Guy Penrose Gibson → memberOf → No. 617 Squadron RAF ⓘ
Leonard Cheshire → commanded → No. 617 Squadron RAF ⓘ
Eve Moore → spouseOfMilitaryUnit → No. 617 Squadron RAF ⓘ
The Dam Busters (book) → mainSubject → No. 617 Squadron RAF ⓘ
subject surface form: The Dam Busters