RAF Marham
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RAF Marham is a major Royal Air Force station in eastern England, historically home to frontline bomber and strike aircraft and a key base for the UK's air operations.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| RAF Marham canonical | 24 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1225658 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: RAF Marham Context triple: [Norfolk, contains, RAF Marham]
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A.
RAF Honington
RAF Honington is a Royal Air Force station in Suffolk, England, best known as the home of the RAF Regiment and a key centre for ground-based air defence and force protection training.
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B.
RAF HW
RAF HW is the abbreviation for RAF High Wycombe, a major Royal Air Force station in Buckinghamshire, England that serves as a key command and administrative headquarters.
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C.
RAF Brize Norton
RAF Brize Norton is the Royal Air Force’s largest station in the UK, serving as its main air transport and air-to-air refuelling hub.
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D.
RAF Scampton
RAF Scampton was a Royal Air Force station in Lincolnshire, England, historically significant as a bomber base during World War II and later as the long-time home of the Red Arrows aerobatic display team.
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E.
RAF Wattisham
RAF Wattisham was a major Royal Air Force station in Suffolk, England, historically significant as a front-line fighter base during and after the Second World War.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: RAF Marham Target entity description: RAF Marham is a major Royal Air Force station in eastern England, historically home to frontline bomber and strike aircraft and a key base for the UK's air operations.
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A.
RAF Honington
RAF Honington is a Royal Air Force station in Suffolk, England, best known as the home of the RAF Regiment and a key centre for ground-based air defence and force protection training.
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B.
RAF HW
RAF HW is the abbreviation for RAF High Wycombe, a major Royal Air Force station in Buckinghamshire, England that serves as a key command and administrative headquarters.
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C.
RAF Brize Norton
RAF Brize Norton is the Royal Air Force’s largest station in the UK, serving as its main air transport and air-to-air refuelling hub.
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D.
RAF Scampton
RAF Scampton was a Royal Air Force station in Lincolnshire, England, historically significant as a bomber base during World War II and later as the long-time home of the Red Arrows aerobatic display team.
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E.
RAF Wattisham
RAF Wattisham was a major Royal Air Force station in Suffolk, England, historically significant as a front-line fighter base during and after the Second World War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Royal Air Force station
ⓘ
military air base ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| elevation | 75 feet ⓘ |
| garrison |
No. 12 Squadron RAF (historically)
ⓘ
linked to:
No. 12 Squadron RAF
No. 138 Expeditionary Air Wing RAF ⓘ No. 148 Squadron RAF (historically) ⓘ No. 149 Squadron RAF (historically) ⓘ
linked to:
No. 149 Squadron RAF
No. 207 Squadron RAF ⓘ No. 207 Squadron RAF (historically as bomber unit) ⓘ
linked to:
No. 207 Squadron RAF
No. 214 Squadron RAF (historically) ⓘ No. 218 Squadron RAF (historically) ⓘ No. 3 (Fighter) Squadron RAF (detachment, historically) ⓘ
linked to:
No. 3 Squadron RAF
No. 31 Squadron RAF (historically) ⓘ
linked to:
No. 31 Squadron RAF
No. 55 Squadron RAF (historically) ⓘ
linked to:
No. 55 Squadron RAF
No. 57 Squadron RAF (historically) ⓘ
linked to:
No. 57 Squadron RAF
No. 617 Squadron RAF ⓘ No. 623 Squadron RAF (historically) ⓘ No. 635 Squadron RAF (historically) ⓘ No. IX (B) Squadron RAF (historically) ⓘ
linked to:
No. 9 Squadron RAF
|
| hasFacility |
Hardened Aircraft Shelters
ⓘ
main operating base for Lightning Force Maintenance and Servicing ⓘ operational conversion unit facilities for F-35B ⓘ |
| historicalRole |
frontline bomber base
ⓘ
strike aircraft base ⓘ |
| homeToAircraftType |
Avro Lancaster (historically)
ⓘ
linked to:
Avro Lancaster
Boeing RC-135W Rivet Joint (visiting/operational use) ⓘ
linked to:
Boeing RC-135W Rivet Joint
F-35B Lightning II ⓘ Handley Page Victor (historically) ⓘ
linked to:
Handley Page Victor
Panavia Tornado GR4 (historically) ⓘ
linked to:
Panavia Tornado GR4
Short Stirling (historically) ⓘ
linked to:
Short Stirling
Vickers Valiant (historically) ⓘ
linked to:
Vickers Valiant bomber
|
| IATAcode | KNF ⓘ |
| ICAOcode | EGYM ⓘ |
| locatedIn | East of England ⓘ |
| location |
England
ⓘ
Norfolk ⓘ |
| near | King's Lynn ⓘ |
| notableUnit |
No. 617 Squadron RAF "The Dambusters"
ⓘ
linked to:
RAF 617 Squadron
|
| opened | 1916 ⓘ |
| operator | Royal Air Force ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)
ⓘ
linked to:
Ministry of Defence
|
| partOf |
RAF Air Command
ⓘ
linked to:
Royal Air Force Air Command
|
| primaryRole |
fast jet main operating base
ⓘ
home of the UK F-35B Lightning force ⓘ |
| regionStrategicImportance | key base for UK air operations in Europe and the Middle East ⓘ |
| runway |
01/19
ⓘ
06/24 ⓘ |
| runwayCount | 2 ⓘ |
| runwaySurface | asphalt ⓘ |
| status | operational ⓘ |
| usedDuring |
Cold War
ⓘ
First World War ⓘ
linked to:
World War I
Gulf War ⓘ Operation Ellamy ⓘ Operation Herrick ⓘ Second World War ⓘ
linked to:
World War II
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: RAF Marham Description of subject: RAF Marham is a major Royal Air Force station in eastern England, historically home to frontline bomber and strike aircraft and a key base for the UK's air operations.
Referenced by (24)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
RAF 617 Squadron
subject linked to:
RAF 617 Squadron
subject linked to:
207 Squadron
subject linked to:
207 Squadron
subject linked to:
No. 214 Squadron RAF (historically)