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Mechelen incident

1940 event during the Phoney War in the first stages of World War II
Event aviation_accident Q452157
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Mechelen incident

Summary

Mechelen incident is an aviation accident[1]. It draws 146 Wikipedia views per month (aviation_accident category, ranking #257 of 1,410).[2]

Key Facts

  • Mechelen incident's image is recorded as Me108 LH Stiftung.jpg[3].
  • Mechelen incident's instance of is recorded as aviation accident[4].
  • Mechelen incident's point in time is recorded as +1940-01-10T00:00:00Z[5].
  • Mechelen incident's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 50.972914, 'lon': 5.715809}[6].
  • Mechelen incident's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03d5_0n[7].

Why It Matters

Mechelen incident draws 146 Wikipedia views per month (aviation_accident category, ranking #257 of 1,410).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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