Bomber Command

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Royal Air Force command military formation

Bomber Command was the Royal Air Force formation responsible for the United Kingdom’s strategic bombing operations, particularly during the Second World War.

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Label Occurrences
Bomber Command canonical 19
RAF Bomber Command leadership 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Royal Air Force command ⓘ
military formation ⓘ
aircraftUsed Avro Lancaster NERFINISHED ⓘ
Avro Manchester NERFINISHED ⓘ
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress (RAF use) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Consolidated B-24 Liberator (RAF use) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Handley Page Halifax NERFINISHED ⓘ
Short Stirling NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vickers Wellington NERFINISHED ⓘ
de Havilland Mosquito NERFINISHED ⓘ
casualties over 55,000 aircrew killed in World War II ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dateFounded 1936-07-14 ⓘ
dissolved 1968 ⓘ
hasMemorial Bomber Command Memorial, Green Park, London NERFINISHED ⓘ
headquartersLocation High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
RAF High Wycombe NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod 20th century ⓘ
inception 1936 ⓘ
notableCommander Arthur Harris NERFINISHED ⓘ
Charles Portal NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hugh Trenchard NERFINISHED ⓘ
Norman Bottomley NERFINISHED ⓘ
Richard Peirse NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableControversy civilian casualties from area bombing of German cities ⓘ
notableOperation Battle of Berlin (RAF bombing campaign) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Battle of the Ruhr NERFINISHED ⓘ
Operation Chastise NERFINISHED ⓘ
Operation Gomorrah NERFINISHED ⓘ
bombing of Dresden NERFINISHED ⓘ
bombing of Hamburg NERFINISHED ⓘ
notablePersonnel Pathfinder Force NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableUnit No. 1 Group RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ
No. 100 Group RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ
No. 3 Group RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ
No. 4 Group RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ
No. 5 Group RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ
No. 6 Group RCAF NERFINISHED ⓘ
No. 8 Group RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Royal Air Force ⓘ
role area bombing ⓘ
mining operations ⓘ
night bombing ⓘ
strategic bombing ⓘ
support to Allied ground forces ⓘ
serviceBranch Royal Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ
subordinateTo Air Ministry NERFINISHED ⓘ
RAF Air Staff NERFINISHED ⓘ
theatreOfOperations European theatre of World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ
Western Front (World War II) NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

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

No. 207 Squadron RAF → partOf → Bomber Command ⓘ
Strike Command → formedByMergerOf → Bomber Command ⓘ
RAF Coningsby → usedBy → Bomber Command ⓘ
Halifax LV907 "Friday the 13th" (reconstructed) → hasMarkingsOf → Bomber Command ⓘ
No. 75 (New Zealand) Squadron RAF → partOf → Bomber Command ⓘ
No. 5 Group RAF → partOf → Bomber Command ⓘ
No. 103 Squadron RAF → partOf → Bomber Command ⓘ
1939–1945 Star → clasp → Bomber Command ⓘ
Air Crew Europe Star → clasp → Bomber Command ⓘ
Upkeep → operatedBy → Bomber Command ⓘ
Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Bomber Command → partOf → Bomber Command ⓘ
No. 44 Squadron RAF → partOf → Bomber Command ⓘ
Max Hastings → notableWork → Bomber Command ⓘ
No. 61 Squadron RAF → commandStructure → Bomber Command ⓘ
No. 49 Squadron RAF → service → Bomber Command ⓘ
No. 83 Squadron RAF → partOf → Bomber Command ⓘ
No. 106 Squadron RAF → operatedBy → Bomber Command ⓘ
Battle of the Heligoland Bight (1939) → commandStructure → Bomber Command ⓘ
this entity surface form: RAF Bomber Command leadership
No. 15 Squadron RAF → commandStructure → Bomber Command ⓘ
Bombing of Rostock in World War II → combatant → Bomber Command ⓘ