RAF Wethersfield

former Royal Air Force airbase near Wethersfield, Essex, England; now occupied by the Ministry of Defence Police
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RAF Wethersfield

Summary

RAF Wethersfield is an air base[1]. It draws 44 Wikipedia views per month (air_base category, ranking #153 of 917).[2]

Key Facts

  • RAF Wethersfield is located in Finchingfield[3].
  • RAF Wethersfield is located in England[4].
  • RAF Wethersfield is in the country of United Kingdom[5].
  • RAF Wethersfield's image is recorded as RAF Wethersfield.jpg[6].
  • RAF Wethersfield's instance of is recorded as air base[7].
  • RAF Wethersfield's instance of is recorded as Royal Air Force station[8].
  • RAF Wethersfield's owned by is recorded as Ministry of Defence[9].
  • RAF Wethersfield's owned by is recorded as Government of the United Kingdom[10].
  • RAF Wethersfield's operator is recorded as Ministry of Defence Police[11].
  • RAF Wethersfield's operator is recorded as Royal Air Force[12].
  • RAF Wethersfield's IATA airport code is recorded as WXF[13].
  • RAF Wethersfield's ICAO airport code is recorded as EGVT[14].
  • RAF Wethersfield's Commons category is recorded as MDP Wethersfield[15].
  • +1941-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of RAF Wethersfield[16].
  • RAF Wethersfield was dissolved in +1970-01-01T00:00:00Z[17].
  • RAF Wethersfield's start time is recorded as +1944-01-10T00:00:00Z[18].
  • RAF Wethersfield's OS grid reference is recorded as TL725335[19].
  • RAF Wethersfield's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.9739, 'lon': 0.506011}[20].
  • RAF Wethersfield's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0bmf1f[21].
  • RAF Wethersfield's parent organization or unit is recorded as Ministry of Defence[22].
  • RAF Wethersfield's GeoNames ID is recorded as 7730475[23].
  • RAF Wethersfield's BBC Things ID is recorded as 415f2136-ac17-49b1-ae02-a5bcb5f0fd47[24].
  • RAF Wethersfield's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q3710', 'amount': '+322'}[25].
  • RAF Wethersfield's GNS Unique Feature ID is recorded as 14343494[26].
  • RAF Wethersfield's UK Parliament thesaurus ID is recorded as 426262[27].

Body

Geography

RAF Wethersfield is in the country of United Kingdom[5]. Located in include Finchingfield[3], a village[28], in United Kingdom[29] and England[4], a constituent country of the United Kingdom[30], in United Kingdom[31], founded in 0927[32].

Physical Characteristics

RAF Wethersfield's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q3710', 'amount': '+322'}[25].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include air base[7] and Royal Air Force station[8].

History and Context

+1941-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of RAF Wethersfield[16]. Owners include Ministry of Defence[9], a department of the United Kingdom Government[33], in United Kingdom[34], founded in 1964[35], headquartered in Whitehall[36] and Government of the United Kingdom[10], a government[37], in United Kingdom[38], headquartered in 10 Downing Street[39].

Why It Matters

RAF Wethersfield draws 44 Wikipedia views per month (air_base category, ranking #153 of 917).[2] It is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . RAFweb.org. Retrieved . RAFweb.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . RAFweb.org. Retrieved . RAFweb.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . RAFweb.org. Retrieved . RAFweb.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [9] . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] . wikidata.org.
  8. [4] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . RAFweb.org. Retrieved . RAFweb.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . RAFweb.org. Retrieved . RAFweb.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . RAFweb.org. Retrieved . RAFweb.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . RAFweb.org. Retrieved . RAFweb.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [40] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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