No. 23 Squadron RAF

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Royal Air Force squadron

No. 23 Squadron RAF is a Royal Air Force unit with a long history in air defence and fighter operations, having flown various frontline aircraft since World War I.

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Label	Occurrences
No. 23 Squadron RAF canonical	3

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Royal Air Force squadron ⓘ
aircraftOperated	Boeing E-3D Sentry NERFINISHED ⓘ Bristol Blenheim NERFINISHED ⓘ Douglas Havoc NERFINISHED ⓘ English Electric Lightning NERFINISHED ⓘ Gloster Gamecock NERFINISHED ⓘ Gloster Javelin NERFINISHED ⓘ Hawker Hart NERFINISHED ⓘ McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR.2 NERFINISHED ⓘ Panavia Tornado F3 NERFINISHED ⓘ SPAD S.VII NERFINISHED ⓘ SPAD S.XIII NERFINISHED ⓘ Sopwith Dolphin NERFINISHED ⓘ de Havilland Mosquito NERFINISHED ⓘ de Havilland Vampire NERFINISHED ⓘ de Havilland Venom NERFINISHED ⓘ
aircraftRole	airborne early warning and control ⓘ all-weather fighter ⓘ day fighter ⓘ night fighter ⓘ
allegiance	British Crown NERFINISHED ⓘ
branch	Royal Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	World War I ⓘ surface form: First World War World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
formedAs	No. 23 Squadron RFC NERFINISHED ⓘ
garrison	RAF Aldergrove NERFINISHED ⓘ RAF Bentley Priory NERFINISHED ⓘ RAF Coltishall NERFINISHED ⓘ RAF Leuchars NERFINISHED ⓘ RAF Luqa NERFINISHED ⓘ RAF Nicosia NERFINISHED ⓘ RAF Scampton NERFINISHED ⓘ RAF Waddington NERFINISHED ⓘ RAF Wattisham NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableAircraftType	jet fighter ⓘ twin-engined night fighter ⓘ
notableTheatre	Battle of Britain era air defence ⓘ Mediterranean theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ North-West Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Front NERFINISHED ⓘ
predecessor	Royal Flying Corps NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryMission	air defence of the United Kingdom ⓘ fighter operations ⓘ
role	air defence ⓘ fighter squadron ⓘ
service	Royal Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Flying Corps NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR.2 → operator → No. 23 Squadron RAF ⓘ

RAF Leuchars → formerStationedUnit → No. 23 Squadron RAF ⓘ

Sopwith Dolphin → usedByUnit → No. 23 Squadron RAF ⓘ