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Ottoman air units

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air force branch military unit

Ottoman air units were the aerial forces of the Ottoman Empire that conducted reconnaissance, bombing, and defensive missions during World War I, particularly in campaigns such as Gallipoli.

Aliases (1)

Ottoman Aviation Squadrons ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	air force branch → military unit →
activeInPeriod	1914–1918 →
alliance	Central Powers →
commandLanguage	Ottoman Turkish →
conflict	World War I →
country	Ottoman Empire →
engagedOpponent	Arab Revolt forces → Australian forces → British Empire forces → French forces → Italian forces → New Zealand forces → Russian Empire forces →
garrisonLocation	Aleppo → Baghdad → Damascus → Gallipoli peninsula → Istanbul →
notableOperation	aerial reconnaissance over Gallipoli peninsula → bombing raids on Allied positions at Gallipoli → reconnaissance over Suez Canal → support of ground forces in Palestine →
operatedBy	Ottoman Empire →
organizationalPrecursorOf	Turkish Air Force →
partOf	Ottoman Army →
receivedSupportFrom	Imperial German Air Service →
receivedTrainingFrom	German military advisors →
role	air defense → artillery spotting → bombing → liaison and communication → reconnaissance →
theaterOfOperations	Caucasus campaign → Gallipoli campaign → Mesopotamian campaign → Middle Eastern theatre of World War I → Sinai and Palestine campaign →
usedAircraftOrigin	French aircraft → German aircraft → locally assembled aircraft →
usedAircraftType	Albatros C.I → Albatros C.III → Blériot XI → Breguet 14 → Deperdussin monoplane → Fokker E.III → Halberstadt D.II → Rumpler C.I →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Gallipoli Campaign air operations →	opposedBy
Turkish Air Force ("Ottoman Aviation Squadrons") →	predecessor