RAF Tangmere

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RAF Tangmere was a major Royal Air Force station in West Sussex, England, that played a key role in fighter operations, particularly during the Battle of Britain and World War II.

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RAF Tangmere canonical 9

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Statements (73)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Royal Air Force station ⓘ
aircraftOperated English Electric Lightning (visiting / trials) ⓘ
Gloster Meteor ⓘ
Hawker Hunter ⓘ
Hawker Hurricane ⓘ
Supermarine Spitfire ⓘ
Westland Lysander ⓘ
de Havilland Mosquito ⓘ
airfieldType fighter station ⓘ
associatedWith Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding ⓘ
linked to: Hugh Dowding

Group Captain Douglas Bader ⓘ
linked to: Douglas Bader

Squadron Leader Neville Duke ⓘ
Wing Commander Johnnie Johnson ⓘ
Wing Commander Robert Stanford Tuck ⓘ
battleHonour Battle of Britain ⓘ
Defence of Britain 1940–1941 ⓘ
closedAsRAFStation 1970 ⓘ
controlledBy No. 11 Group RAF ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
currentUse aviation museum ⓘ
distanceFrom about 3 miles east of Chichester ⓘ
establishedAs Royal Flying Corps airfield ⓘ
gridReference SU 9206 (approximate) ⓘ
heritageDesignation site of historical military significance ⓘ
hostedUnit No. 1 Squadron RAF ⓘ
No. 129 Squadron RAF ⓘ
No. 222 Squadron RAF ⓘ
No. 234 Squadron RAF ⓘ
No. 349 (Belgian) Squadron RAF ⓘ
No. 350 (Belgian) Squadron RAF ⓘ
No. 43 Squadron RAF ⓘ
No. 451 Squadron RAAF ⓘ
No. 486 Squadron RNZAF ⓘ
No. 601 Squadron RAF ⓘ
No. 602 Squadron (City of Glasgow) Squadron RAF ⓘ
No. 602 Squadron RAF ⓘ
No. 602 Squadron RAuxAF (post‑war) ⓘ
No. 609 Squadron RAF ⓘ
No. 91 Squadron RAF ⓘ
No. 93 Squadron RAF ⓘ
locatedIn England ⓘ
West Sussex ⓘ
location Tangmere, West Sussex, England ⓘ
linked to: Tangmere
museumDisplays Battle of Britain exhibits ⓘ
Cold War jet aircraft ⓘ
SOE and special operations exhibits ⓘ
museumFocus RAF history and military aviation ⓘ
museumName Tangmere Military Aviation Museum ⓘ
museumOpened 1982 ⓘ
nearestTown Chichester ⓘ
linked to: CHICHESTER
notableEvent heavy Luftwaffe air raids in August 1940 ⓘ
runway and facilities repeatedly repaired during Battle of Britain ⓘ
notableFor fighter operations ⓘ
role in World War II ⓘ
role in the Battle of Britain ⓘ
opened 1917 ⓘ
operatedBy Royal Air Force ⓘ
partlyConvertedTo Tangmere Military Aviation Museum ⓘ
partOf RAF Fighter Command ⓘ
postwarRole fighter station for RAF Fighter Command ⓘ
jet aircraft trials and operations ⓘ
recordSetAt world air speed record by Neville Duke in 1953 ⓘ
region South East England ⓘ
role fighter defence of southern England ⓘ
offensive sweeps over occupied Europe ⓘ
special operations support ⓘ
runwaySurface concrete (later years) ⓘ
grass (early years) ⓘ
usedBy Special Operations Executive ⓘ
usedDuring Battle of Britain ⓘ
Cold War ⓘ
Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II
usedFor insertion and extraction of agents to occupied Europe ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

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

No. 264 Squadron RAF → garrison → RAF Tangmere ⓘ
Battle of Britain airfields → hasPart → RAF Tangmere ⓘ
No. 277 Squadron RAF → garrison → RAF Tangmere ⓘ
No. 25 Squadron RAF → garrison → RAF Tangmere ⓘ
Tangmere → hasLandmark → RAF Tangmere ⓘ
No. 601 Squadron RAF → garrison → RAF Tangmere ⓘ
RAF Westhampnett → satelliteOf → RAF Tangmere ⓘ
No. 5 Squadron RAF → garrison → RAF Tangmere ⓘ
subject linked to: Royal Air Force No. 5 Squadron