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No. 617 Squadron Royal Air Force

active flying squadron of the Royal Air Force, currently based at RAF Marham, operating the Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II
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No. 617 Squadron Royal Air Force
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No. 617 Squadron Royal Air Force

Summary

No. 617 Squadron Royal Air Force is a Royal Air Force squadron[1]. It draws 213 Wikipedia views per month (royal_air_force_squadron category, ranking #1 of 8).[2]

Key Facts

  • No. 617 Squadron Royal Air Force is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • No. 617 Squadron Royal Air Force's image is recorded as Tornado GR4 617Sqn RAF Iraq Jul2007.jpg[4].
  • No. 617 Squadron Royal Air Force's image is recorded as Britain's most advanced jets touch down on home soil MOD 45164370.jpg[5].
  • No. 617 Squadron Royal Air Force's instance of is recorded as Royal Air Force squadron[6].
  • No. 617 Squadron Royal Air Force's instance of is recorded as military aviation[7].
  • No. 617 Squadron Royal Air Force's coat of arms image is recorded as No. 617 Squadron RAF badge.png[8].
  • No. 617 Squadron Royal Air Force's logo image is recorded as RAF 617 Sqn.svg[9].
  • No. 617 Squadron Royal Air Force's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 365147423208944882652[10].
  • No. 617 Squadron Royal Air Force's military branch is recorded as Royal Air Force[11].
  • No. 617 Squadron Royal Air Force's location is recorded as RAF Scampton[12].
  • No. 617 Squadron Royal Air Force's location is recorded as RAF Marham[13].
  • No. 617 Squadron Royal Air Force's part of is recorded as No. 1 Group RAF[14].
  • No. 617 Squadron Royal Air Force's Commons category is recorded as No. 617 Squadron RAF[15].
  • +1943-03-21T00:00:00Z marks the founding of No. 617 Squadron Royal Air Force[16].
  • No. 617 Squadron Royal Air Force's participated in conflict is recorded as World War II[17].
  • No. 617 Squadron Royal Air Force's participated in conflict is recorded as Gulf War[18].
  • No. 617 Squadron Royal Air Force's participated in conflict is recorded as Iraq War[19].
  • No. 617 Squadron Royal Air Force's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02vjbl[20].
  • No. 617 Squadron Royal Air Force's nickname is recorded as {'lang': 'en-gb', 'text': 'The Dambusters'}[21].
  • No. 617 Squadron Royal Air Force's motto text is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Apres moi le deluge'}[22].
  • No. 617 Squadron Royal Air Force's motto text is recorded as {'lang': 'en-gb', 'text': 'After me, the flood'}[23].
  • No. 617 Squadron Royal Air Force's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'No. 617 Squadron RAF'}[24].
  • No. 617 Squadron Royal Air Force's plaque image is recorded as 617SquadronMemorial.jpg[25].
  • No. 617 Squadron Royal Air Force's Australian War Memorial ID is recorded as U59947[26].

Why It Matters

No. 617 Squadron Royal Air Force draws 213 Wikipedia views per month (royal_air_force_squadron category, ranking #1 of 8).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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