No. 480 Flight RAF
E413904
No. 480 Flight RAF was a Royal Air Force unit that operated Supermarine Southampton flying boats, likely in maritime reconnaissance and patrol roles during the interwar period.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| No. 480 Flight RAF canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4107202 — 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. 480 Flight RAF Context triple: [Supermarine Southampton, operator, No. 480 Flight RAF]
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A.
No. 201 Group RAF
No. 201 Group RAF was a Royal Air Force formation active during the Second World War, notably involved in air operations in the Mediterranean and North African theatres.
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B.
No. 202 Group RAF
No. 202 Group RAF was a Royal Air Force formation active during the Second World War, primarily responsible for coordinating air operations in the Mediterranean and Middle Eastern theatres.
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C.
No. 201 Squadron RAF
No. 201 Squadron RAF is a Royal Air Force unit historically known for its maritime patrol and anti-submarine warfare roles.
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D.
No. 49 Squadron RAF
No. 49 Squadron RAF was a Royal Air Force bomber unit that served prominently during World War II, flying various heavy bombers on strategic bombing and special operations.
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E.
No. 208 Squadron RAF
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.
- 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. 480 Flight RAF Target entity description: No. 480 Flight RAF was a Royal Air Force unit that operated Supermarine Southampton flying boats, likely in maritime reconnaissance and patrol roles during the interwar period.
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A.
No. 201 Group RAF
No. 201 Group RAF was a Royal Air Force formation active during the Second World War, notably involved in air operations in the Mediterranean and North African theatres.
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B.
No. 202 Group RAF
No. 202 Group RAF was a Royal Air Force formation active during the Second World War, primarily responsible for coordinating air operations in the Mediterranean and Middle Eastern theatres.
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C.
No. 201 Squadron RAF
No. 201 Squadron RAF is a Royal Air Force unit historically known for its maritime patrol and anti-submarine warfare roles.
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D.
No. 49 Squadron RAF
No. 49 Squadron RAF was a Royal Air Force bomber unit that served prominently during World War II, flying various heavy bombers on strategic bombing and special operations.
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E.
No. 208 Squadron RAF
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (13)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Royal Air Force unit ⓘ |
| aircraftManufacturerOperated | Supermarine ⓘ |
| aircraftTypeOperated | flying boat ⓘ |
| branch |
RAF Coastal units
ⓘ
linked to:
RAF Coastal Command
|
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| era | interwar period ⓘ |
| operatedAircraft | Supermarine Southampton ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Royal Air Force ⓘ |
| role |
maritime patrol
ⓘ
maritime reconnaissance ⓘ |
| service | Royal Air Force ⓘ |
| usedFor |
over-water patrols
ⓘ
reconnaissance missions ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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. 480 Flight RAF Description of subject: No. 480 Flight RAF was a Royal Air Force unit that operated Supermarine Southampton flying boats, likely in maritime reconnaissance and patrol roles during the interwar period.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.