No. 47 Squadron RAF
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No. 47 Squadron RAF is a Royal Air Force transport and support squadron with a long operational history dating back to World War I.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| No. 47 Squadron RAF canonical | 4 |
| No. 47 (Bomber) Squadron RAF | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1121172 — 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: No. 47 Squadron RAF Context triple: [RAF Brize Norton, basedUnit, No. 47 Squadron RAF]
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A.
No. 41 Squadron RAF
No. 41 Squadron RAF is a Royal Air Force unit with a long operational history, known for its roles in both world wars and its later function as a test and evaluation squadron for frontline aircraft.
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B.
No. 207 Squadron RAF
No. 207 Squadron RAF was a Royal Air Force bomber unit with origins in World War I that later served in various roles, including strategic bombing, throughout much of the 20th century.
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C.
No. 24 Squadron RAF
No. 24 Squadron RAF is a Royal Air Force transport and training squadron that operates large transport aircraft in support of UK and allied air mobility operations.
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D.
No. 11 Squadron RAF
No. 11 Squadron RAF is a long-established Royal Air Force fighter unit known for its air defence and combat roles across both World Wars and into the modern era.
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E.
No. 2 Squadron RAF
No. 2 Squadron RAF is one of the Royal Air Force’s oldest frontline units, historically renowned for its tactical reconnaissance and ground-attack roles.
- 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: No. 47 Squadron RAF Target entity description: No. 47 Squadron RAF is a Royal Air Force transport and support squadron with a long operational history dating back to World War I.
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A.
No. 41 Squadron RAF
No. 41 Squadron RAF is a Royal Air Force unit with a long operational history, known for its roles in both world wars and its later function as a test and evaluation squadron for frontline aircraft.
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B.
No. 207 Squadron RAF
No. 207 Squadron RAF was a Royal Air Force bomber unit with origins in World War I that later served in various roles, including strategic bombing, throughout much of the 20th century.
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C.
No. 24 Squadron RAF
No. 24 Squadron RAF is a Royal Air Force transport and training squadron that operates large transport aircraft in support of UK and allied air mobility operations.
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D.
No. 11 Squadron RAF
No. 11 Squadron RAF is a long-established Royal Air Force fighter unit known for its air defence and combat roles across both World Wars and into the modern era.
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E.
No. 2 Squadron RAF
No. 2 Squadron RAF is one of the Royal Air Force’s oldest frontline units, historically renowned for its tactical reconnaissance and ground-attack roles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Royal Air Force squadron
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military unit ⓘ |
| allegiance | British Crown ⓘ |
| branch | Royal Air Force ⓘ |
| conflict |
Cold War
ⓘ
Falklands War ⓘ First World War ⓘ
linked to:
World War I
Gulf War ⓘ Iraq War ⓘ Second World War ⓘ
linked to:
World War II
War in Afghanistan ⓘ
linked to:
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
|
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| formedAs | No. 47 Squadron Royal Flying Corps ⓘ |
| garrisonCountry | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| hasCapability |
aerial resupply
ⓘ
airborne forces support ⓘ humanitarian relief operations ⓘ medical evacuation ⓘ special forces support ⓘ strategic airlift ⓘ tactical airlift ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
airborne insertion of forces
ⓘ
movement of equipment ⓘ movement of troops ⓘ support to overseas operations ⓘ |
| hasHistoryPeriod |
21st century
ⓘ
World War I ⓘ World War II ⓘ interwar period ⓘ post-war era ⓘ |
| notableFor |
continuous service from World War I
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global expeditionary operations ⓘ support to British airborne forces ⓘ |
| operatesInDomain |
air logistics
ⓘ
air mobility ⓘ military aviation ⓘ |
| operationalSince | First World War era ⓘ |
| partOf | Royal Air Force ⓘ |
| role |
aerial delivery
ⓘ
air transport support ⓘ airdrop operations ⓘ tactical airlift ⓘ transport ⓘ |
| service | Royal Air Force ⓘ |
| serviceBranchPre1918 | Royal Flying Corps ⓘ |
| tradition | long operational history ⓘ |
| type |
air transport squadron
ⓘ
support squadron ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: No. 47 Squadron RAF Description of subject: No. 47 Squadron RAF is a Royal Air Force transport and support squadron with a long operational history dating back to World War I.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Vickers Wellesley bomber
subject linked to:
Vickers Wellesley bomber
linked to: No. 47 Squadron RAF
subject linked to:
Handley Page Hastings aircraft