No. 349 (Belgian) Squadron RAF

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No. 349 (Belgian) Squadron RAF was a World War II Royal Air Force fighter squadron formed from Belgian personnel in exile that flew combat operations in Europe as part of the Free Belgian forces.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Royal Air Force squadron ⓘ
World War II military unit ⓘ
fighter squadron ⓘ
allegiance Allies of World War II ⓘ
Free Belgium ⓘ
associatedWith Belgian resistance in exile ⓘ
linked to: Belgian resistance

Belgium ⓘ
branch Royal Air Force Fighter Command ⓘ
composedOf Belgian personnel ⓘ
conflict European theatre of World War II ⓘ
Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II
country United Kingdom ⓘ
era 20th century ⓘ
garrisonCountry United Kingdom ⓘ
hasEthnicOrNationalComposition Belgian ⓘ
historicalPeriod World War II ⓘ
languageOfPersonnel Dutch ⓘ
Flemish ⓘ
French ⓘ
militaryBranchOfOriginPersonnel Belgian Air Force ⓘ
militaryRole fighter squadron ⓘ
notableFor being formed from Belgian personnel in exile ⓘ
combat operations over Europe ⓘ
participation in Free Belgian air operations ⓘ
operatedBy Belgian government in exile ⓘ
Royal Air Force ⓘ
operationalArea Europe ⓘ
United Kingdom airspace ⓘ
occupied Western Europe ⓘ
partOf Free Belgian forces ⓘ
Royal Air Force ⓘ
role air defence ⓘ
fighter operations ⓘ
offensive sweeps over occupied Europe ⓘ
service Free Belgian forces ⓘ
Royal Air Force ⓘ
side Allied air forces ⓘ
status disbanded ⓘ
theatre Northwest Europe ⓘ
Western Front ⓘ
typeOfEquipment fighter aircraft ⓘ
usedIn air superiority missions ⓘ
escort missions ⓘ
ground-attack missions ⓘ

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Free Belgian forces → hasPart → No. 349 (Belgian) Squadron RAF ⓘ
RAF Tangmere → hostedUnit → No. 349 (Belgian) Squadron RAF ⓘ