No. 617 Squadron RAF
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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.
Statements (49)
| 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 → |
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form: "RAF Marham"
subject surface form: "Avro Lancaster"
subject surface form: "Avro Vulcan"