Royal Air Force Bomber Command

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Royal Air Force formation air force command military unit

Royal Air Force Bomber Command was the branch of the British Royal Air Force responsible for the strategic bombing campaign against Germany and its allies during the Second World War.

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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
RAF Bomber Command	63
Royal Air Force Bomber Command canonical	38
Royal Air Force bombers	2
Bomber Command	1
RAF Bomber Command heavy bombers	1
RAF Bomber Command officers	1
RAF Bomber Command squadrons	1
RAF Bomber Command units (various periods)	1
Royal Air Force	1
former RAF Bomber Command	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Royal Air Force formation ⓘ air force command ⓘ military unit ⓘ
aircraftType	Avro Lancaster ⓘ Avro Manchester ⓘ Handley Page Halifax ⓘ Short Stirling ⓘ Vickers Wellington ⓘ de Havilland Mosquito ⓘ
branchOf	Royal Air Force ⓘ
casualties	over 55,000 aircrew killed ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War World War II ⓘ
controversy	civilian casualties from area bombing ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
disbanded	1968 ⓘ
formed	1936 ⓘ
garrison	RAF High Wycombe ⓘ
headquarters	High Wycombe ⓘ RAF High Wycombe ⓘ
memorial	Bomber Command Memorial, London ⓘ
memorialUnveiled	2012 ⓘ
motto	Strike Hard Strike Sure ⓘ
notableCommander	Arthur Harris ⓘ Arthur Harris ⓘ surface form: Sir Arthur Travers Harris
notableCommanderEnd	1945 ⓘ
notableCommanderRole	Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief ⓘ
notableCommanderStart	1942 ⓘ
notableOperation	Operation Chastise ⓘ
notableOperationDescription	Operation Chastise ⓘ surface form: Dambusters raid on German dams in 1943
notableUnit	No. 617 Squadron RAF ⓘ
operation	Battle of Berlin (air campaign) ⓘ Battle of the Ruhr ⓘ Operation Millennium ⓘ area bombing of German cities ⓘ Allied bombing of Germany ⓘ surface form: bombing of Dresden strategic bombing campaign against Germany ⓘ
opposed	Axis powers ⓘ Nazi Germany ⓘ
partOf	Royal Air Force ⓘ
peakStrength	thousands of heavy bombers ⓘ
primaryTarget	German-occupied Europe ⓘ Germany ⓘ
role	night bombing ⓘ strategic bombing ⓘ
subordinateTo	Air Ministry ⓘ
theatre	European theatre of World War II ⓘ
usedNavigationAid	Gee ⓘ H2S radar ⓘ Oboe ⓘ

Referenced by (110)

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

Operation Gomorrah → conductedBy → Royal Air Force Bomber Command ⓘ

RAF roundel → notableUser → Royal Air Force Bomber Command ⓘ

this entity surface form: RAF Bomber Command

Allied bombing of Germany → mainParticipants → Royal Air Force Bomber Command ⓘ

this entity surface form: Royal Air Force

Allied bombing of Germany → carriedOutBy → Royal Air Force Bomber Command ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bomber Command

Operation Crossbow → coordinatedWith → Royal Air Force Bomber Command ⓘ

this entity surface form: RAF Bomber Command

Lancaster → alliedOperator → Royal Air Force Bomber Command ⓘ

subject surface form: Avro Lancaster

Air Marshal Sir Basil Embry → partOf → Royal Air Force Bomber Command ⓘ

subject surface form: Basil Embry

RAF Scampton → usedBy → Royal Air Force Bomber Command ⓘ

this entity surface form: RAF Bomber Command

RAF Coastal Command → cooperatedWith → Royal Air Force Bomber Command ⓘ

this entity surface form: RAF Bomber Command

Handley Page Halifax → operatedByUnit → Royal Air Force Bomber Command ⓘ

this entity surface form: RAF Bomber Command

Battle of the Ruhr → combatant → Royal Air Force Bomber Command ⓘ

Big Week → involvedForce → Royal Air Force Bomber Command ⓘ

this entity surface form: RAF Bomber Command

Avro Lancaster → introducedBy → Royal Air Force Bomber Command ⓘ

Kammhuber Line → opposedBy → Royal Air Force Bomber Command ⓘ

Defense against the Combined Bomber Offensive → opposedTo → Royal Air Force Bomber Command ⓘ

Heinkel He 219 → targetedAircraft → Royal Air Force Bomber Command ⓘ

this entity surface form: RAF Bomber Command heavy bombers

Black Buck raids → militaryBranch → Royal Air Force Bomber Command ⓘ

Arthur Harris → commanded → Royal Air Force Bomber Command ⓘ

this entity surface form: RAF Bomber Command

No. 617 Squadron RAF → partOf → Royal Air Force Bomber Command ⓘ

this entity surface form: RAF Bomber Command

Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief → historicallyExistedIn → Royal Air Force Bomber Command ⓘ

this entity surface form: RAF Bomber Command

Operation Millennium → operator → Royal Air Force Bomber Command ⓘ

this entity surface form: RAF Bomber Command

Operation Millennium → militaryBranch → Royal Air Force Bomber Command ⓘ

Battle of Berlin (air campaign) → combatant → Royal Air Force Bomber Command ⓘ

Bomber Command Memorial, London → dedicatedTo → Royal Air Force Bomber Command ⓘ

Gee → usedByBranch → Royal Air Force Bomber Command ⓘ

this entity surface form: RAF Bomber Command

Oboe → developedBy → Royal Air Force Bomber Command ⓘ

H2S radar → usedByUnit → Royal Air Force Bomber Command ⓘ

this entity surface form: RAF Bomber Command

Hawker Hart → serviceBranch → Royal Air Force Bomber Command ⓘ

this entity surface form: RAF Bomber Command

RAFHIGHWYCOMBE → isHeadquartersFor → Royal Air Force Bomber Command ⓘ

subject surface form: RAF High Wycombe

this entity surface form: former RAF Bomber Command

RAF Honington → usedBy → Royal Air Force Bomber Command ⓘ

this entity surface form: RAF Bomber Command

Operation Hydra → militaryBranch → Royal Air Force Bomber Command ⓘ

this entity surface form: RAF Bomber Command

Operation Hydra → plannedBy → Royal Air Force Bomber Command ⓘ

this entity surface form: RAF Bomber Command

Royal Air Force strategic bombing doctrine → implementedBy → Royal Air Force Bomber Command ⓘ

this entity surface form: RAF Bomber Command

Royal Air Force strategic bombing doctrine → associatedWithUnit → Royal Air Force Bomber Command ⓘ

this entity surface form: RAF Bomber Command

RAF Strike Command → formedByMergerOf → Royal Air Force Bomber Command ⓘ

this entity surface form: RAF Bomber Command

RAF Home Commands → includedCommand → Royal Air Force Bomber Command ⓘ

this entity surface form: RAF Bomber Command

Gee navigation system → usedByBranch → Royal Air Force Bomber Command ⓘ

this entity surface form: RAF Bomber Command

Window radar countermeasures → usedBy → Royal Air Force Bomber Command ⓘ

subject surface form: Window (radar countermeasures)

Allied bombing of Hungary → carriedOutBy → Royal Air Force Bomber Command ⓘ

this entity surface form: RAF Bomber Command

Tallboy bomb → operator → Royal Air Force Bomber Command ⓘ

this entity surface form: RAF Bomber Command

Grand Slam bomb → operator → Royal Air Force Bomber Command ⓘ

Independent Air Force → successor → Royal Air Force Bomber Command ⓘ

this entity surface form: RAF Bomber Command

Mission Completed → about → Royal Air Force Bomber Command ⓘ

Lützow → damagedBy → Royal Air Force Bomber Command ⓘ

this entity surface form: Royal Air Force bombers

Air Officer Commanding No. 3 Group RAF → partOf → Royal Air Force Bomber Command ⓘ

this entity surface form: RAF Bomber Command

Air Officer Commanding No. 3 Group RAF → usedBy → Royal Air Force Bomber Command ⓘ

this entity surface form: RAF Bomber Command

Halifax LV907 "Friday the 13th" (reconstructed) → commemorates → Royal Air Force Bomber Command ⓘ

United States Strategic Air Forces in Europe → alliedCommandRelationship → Royal Air Force Bomber Command ⓘ

Halifax Mk III → usedByUnitType → Royal Air Force Bomber Command ⓘ

this entity surface form: RAF Bomber Command squadrons

bombing of Wuppertal → belligerent → Royal Air Force Bomber Command ⓘ