Article XV squadron

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Article XV squadrons were World War II Royal Air Force units formed under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan and manned largely by aircrew from specific Dominion air forces such as those of New Zealand, Canada, and Australia.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Article XV squadron canonical 3
Article XV squadrons 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Commonwealth air force unit ⓘ
Royal Air Force squadron ⓘ
World War II military unit type ⓘ
airForceAffiliation Royal Australian Air Force ⓘ
Royal Canadian Air Force ⓘ
South African Air Force ⓘ
airForceAffiliation Royal New Zealand Air Force ⓘ
Royal Rhodesian Air Force ⓘ
linked to: Rhodesian Air Force
alliance British Commonwealth ⓘ
alsoKnownAs BCATP Article XV squadron ⓘ
appliesTo World War II ⓘ
basedOn Article XV of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan ⓘ
conflict Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II
country United Kingdom ⓘ
feature administratively part of the RAF ⓘ
aircrew drawn from specific Dominion air forces ⓘ
carried national Dominion titles in squadron names ⓘ
formedUnder British Commonwealth Air Training Plan ⓘ
historicalSignificance symbolized cooperation of Commonwealth air forces in World War II ⓘ
legalBasis Article XV of the BCATP agreement ⓘ
mannedLargelyBy Royal Australian Air Force aircrew ⓘ
Royal Canadian Air Force aircrew ⓘ
Royal New Zealand Air Force aircrew ⓘ
Royal Rhodesian Air Force aircrew ⓘ
South African Air Force aircrew ⓘ
notableExample No. 237 (Rhodesia) Squadron RAF ⓘ
No. 419 Squadron RCAF ⓘ
No. 460 Squadron RAAF ⓘ
No. 6 Squadron SAAF ⓘ
No. 75 (New Zealand) Squadron RAF ⓘ
operatedBy Royal Air Force ⓘ
organizationalStructure numbered as RAF squadrons ⓘ
partOf Royal Air Force ⓘ
purpose to allow Dominion aircrew to serve in national-identity units within the RAF ⓘ
role bomber squadron ⓘ
coastal command squadron ⓘ
fighter squadron ⓘ
transport squadron ⓘ
theatreOfOperations European theatre of World War II ⓘ
Mediterranean theatre of World War II ⓘ
Pacific theatre of World War II ⓘ
timePeriod 1939–1945 ⓘ
trainingSource British Commonwealth Air Training Plan ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

No. 488 (New Zealand) Squadron RAF → type → Article XV squadron ⓘ
No. 464 Squadron RAAF → partOf → Article XV squadrons ⓘ
linked to: Article XV squadron
No. 487 Squadron RNZAF → formedAs → Article XV squadron ⓘ
No. 466 Squadron RAAF → operatedAs → Article XV squadron ⓘ
No. 457 Squadron RAAF → formedAsPartOf → Article XV squadrons ⓘ
linked to: Article XV squadron