RAF Duxford

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airfield former Royal Air Force station heritage site

RAF Duxford is a historic former Royal Air Force airfield in Cambridgeshire, England, renowned for its role in the Second World War and now home to the Imperial War Museum Duxford and major airshows.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
RAF Duxford canonical	5
Duxford	2
Duxford Airfield	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	airfield ⓘ former Royal Air Force station ⓘ heritage site ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
currentUse	aviation museum ⓘ operational airfield for historic and private aircraft ⓘ
established	First World War era ⓘ
featuredIn	film "Battle of Britain" NERFINISHED ⓘ various aviation documentaries ⓘ
hasPart	AirSpace exhibition NERFINISHED ⓘ American Air Museum in Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Britain exhibition NERFINISHED ⓘ Imperial War Museum Duxford NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageDesignation	listed buildings (hangars and structures) ⓘ scheduled monument (parts of site) ⓘ
locatedIn	Cambridgeshire, England ⓘ surface form: Cambridgeshire England ⓘ
locatedNear	Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ Duxford NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearestCity	Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	Duxford Air Shows NERFINISHED ⓘ large collection of historic aircraft ⓘ major UK airshows ⓘ preserved historic hangars ⓘ role in the Battle of Britain ⓘ
opened	1918 ⓘ
operatedBy	Royal Air Force ⓘ
operator	Royal Flying Corps NERFINISHED ⓘ
ownedBy	Imperial War Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Imperial War Museum Duxford NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	East of England ⓘ
roleDuring	fighter station during the Battle of Britain ⓘ
runwaySurface	asphalt ⓘ
significantEvent	Battle of Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ Second World War operations ⓘ
stationedUnit	78th Fighter Group USAAF NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 19 Squadron RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 242 Squadron RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 310 (Czechoslovak) Squadron RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 312 (Czechoslovak) Squadron RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 601 Squadron RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 65 Squadron RAF NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedBy	Allied air forces during the Second World War ⓘ Royal Air Force ⓘ United States Army Air Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor	airshows ⓘ film and television location ⓘ military aviation ⓘ museum exhibitions ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

No. 92 Squadron RAF → base → RAF Duxford ⓘ

No. 264 Squadron RAF → garrison → RAF Duxford ⓘ

RAF Fowlmere → satelliteOf → RAF Duxford ⓘ

Battle of Britain airfields → hasPart → RAF Duxford ⓘ

No. 310 (Czechoslovak) Squadron RAF → garrison → RAF Duxford ⓘ

American Air Museum in Britain → locatedIn → RAF Duxford ⓘ

this entity surface form: Duxford

American Air Museum in Britain → near → RAF Duxford ⓘ

this entity surface form: Duxford Airfield

AirSpace exhibition → locatedIn → RAF Duxford ⓘ

this entity surface form: Duxford