RAF 617 Squadron

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Royal Air Force squadron military unit

RAF 617 Squadron, famously known as the "Dambusters," is a Royal Air Force unit renowned for its World War II precision bombing raids using specially designed bouncing bombs against German dams.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
RAF 617 Squadron canonical	3
No. 617 Squadron RAF "The Dambusters"	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Royal Air Force squadron ⓘ military unit ⓘ
aircraftOperated	Avro Lancaster NERFINISHED ⓘ Avro Lincoln NERFINISHED ⓘ Avro Vulcan NERFINISHED ⓘ English Electric Canberra NERFINISHED ⓘ Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II NERFINISHED ⓘ Panavia Tornado GR1 NERFINISHED ⓘ Panavia Tornado GR4 NERFINISHED ⓘ
allegiance	Allies of World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	RAF Lossiemouth NERFINISHED ⓘ RAF Marham NERFINISHED ⓘ RAF Scampton NERFINISHED ⓘ
awarded	Victoria Cross to Guy Gibson (for Operation Chastise leadership) ⓘ
baseOfOperations	RAF Marham NERFINISHED ⓘ
commander	Wing Commander Guy Gibson NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
currentAircraft	Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II NERFINISHED ⓘ
currentRole	Lightning Force frontline squadron ⓘ
formedAt	RAF Scampton NERFINISHED ⓘ
formedOn	1943-03-21 ⓘ
founderCommander	Guy Gibson NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHonor	Battle honour: Dams 1943 ⓘ Battle honour: German Ports 1944–45 ⓘ Battle honour: Normandy 1944 ⓘ Battle honour: Ruhr 1943 ⓘ Battle honour: Tirpitz 1944 ⓘ
motto	Après moi le déluge NERFINISHED ⓘ
mottoLanguage	French ⓘ
mottoTranslation	After me, the flood ⓘ
nickname	Dambusters NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	Operation Chastise NERFINISHED ⓘ precision bombing ⓘ use of bouncing bombs ⓘ
operation	Operation Catechism NERFINISHED ⓘ Operation Chastise NERFINISHED ⓘ Operation Paravane NERFINISHED ⓘ Operation Taxable NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Royal Air Force ⓘ
reformed	multiple times post-World War II ⓘ
role	bomber squadron ⓘ precision strike ⓘ
serviceBranch	Royal Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ
specialization	low-level precision bombing ⓘ targeted infrastructure attacks ⓘ
status	active ⓘ
targeted	Eder Dam NERFINISHED ⓘ Möhne Dam NERFINISHED ⓘ Sorpe Dam NERFINISHED ⓘ
theatre	European theatre of World War II ⓘ
usedWeapon	Upkeep bouncing bomb NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Derwent Reservoir → hasHistoricalAssociation → RAF 617 Squadron ⓘ

RAF Marham → notableUnit → RAF 617 Squadron ⓘ

this entity surface form: No. 617 Squadron RAF "The Dambusters"

Dambusters Memorial at Derwent Reservoir → commemorates → RAF 617 Squadron ⓘ

The Dam Busters (book) → associatedWith → RAF 617 Squadron ⓘ

subject surface form: The Dam Busters