No. 208 Squadron RAF

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No. 208 Squadron RAF was a Royal Air Force unit with a long history of reconnaissance and fighter operations, particularly noted for its service in the Middle East and postwar jet era.

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Label Occurrences
No. 208 Squadron RAF canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Royal Air Force squadron ⓘ
aircraftOperated BAE Hawk ⓘ
Blackburn Buccaneer ⓘ
Bristol F.2 Fighter ⓘ
Gloster Meteor ⓘ
Hawker Audax ⓘ
Hawker Hart ⓘ
Hawker Hunter ⓘ
Hawker Hurricane ⓘ
Sopwith Camel ⓘ
Sopwith Pup ⓘ
Sopwith Snipe ⓘ
Supermarine Spitfire ⓘ
de Havilland Mosquito ⓘ
de Havilland Vampire ⓘ
allegiance British Crown ⓘ
conflict Cold War ⓘ
First World War ⓘ
linked to: World War I

Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II
country United Kingdom ⓘ
disbandedAsFlyingUnit yes ⓘ
garrison RAF Abu Sueir ⓘ
RAF Akrotiri ⓘ
RAF Fayid ⓘ
RAF Lossiemouth ⓘ
RAF Muharraq ⓘ
RAF Valley ⓘ
laterRole advanced flying training ⓘ
fast jet training ⓘ
militaryBranch Royal Air Force ⓘ
nickname 208 Squadron ⓘ
notableFor fighter operations in the jet era ⓘ
long service in the Middle East ⓘ
reconnaissance operations ⓘ
operationalFocus close air support ⓘ
tactical reconnaissance ⓘ
originatedAs No. 8 Squadron Royal Naval Air Service ⓘ
role army cooperation squadron ⓘ
fighter squadron ⓘ
reconnaissance squadron ⓘ
training squadron ⓘ
service Royal Flying Corps successor unit ⓘ
theatreOfOperations Gulf region ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Mediterranean theatre of World War II ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
North Africa ⓘ
Palestine ⓘ
linked to: Mandatory Palestine

Suez Crisis ⓘ
tradition use of Middle East theatre markings ⓘ

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Supermarine Swift → usedBy → No. 208 Squadron RAF ⓘ
RAF Laarbruch → garrison → No. 208 Squadron RAF ⓘ