RAF Abu Sueir

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RAF Abu Sueir was a Royal Air Force station in Egypt that served as a key base for British air operations in the Middle East during the 20th century.

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Label Occurrences
RAF Abu Sueir canonical 2

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Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Royal Air Force station ⓘ
associatedWith British presence in Egypt ⓘ
Suez Canal Zone bases ⓘ
controlledBy United Kingdom ⓘ
country Egypt ⓘ
distanceFrom approximately 10 km from Ismailia ⓘ
garrison Royal Air Force units ⓘ
operational squadrons ⓘ
training squadrons ⓘ
geographicContext northeastern Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Egypt
hasRunwaySurface paved ⓘ
historicalEra 20th century ⓘ
locatedIn Abu Suweir ⓘ
linked to: Abu Suwir
locatedInRegion Middle East ⓘ
Suez Canal Zone ⓘ
locatedNear Ismailia ⓘ
locatedOn west bank of the Suez Canal ⓘ
militaryBranch Royal Air Force ⓘ
nearbyCity Ismailia ⓘ
nearbyWaterBody Suez Canal ⓘ
notableRole key base for British air operations in the Middle East ⓘ
support of imperial communications and defence ⓘ
operatedBy Royal Air Force ⓘ
partOf RAF Mediterranean and Middle East theatre ⓘ
RAF Middle East ⓘ
status former RAF station ⓘ
successorUse Egyptian military air base ⓘ
theatreOfOperations Middle East theatre ⓘ
North African theatre ⓘ
linked to: African Theater
usedBy Commonwealth air forces ⓘ
usedDuring Cold War ⓘ
Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II

interwar period ⓘ
usedFor British air operations in the Middle East ⓘ
air defence of the Canal Zone ⓘ
aircrew training ⓘ
operational flying ⓘ
staging post for long‑range flights ⓘ
training ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

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

No. 50 Squadron RAF → garrison → RAF Abu Sueir ⓘ
No. 208 Squadron RAF → garrison → RAF Abu Sueir ⓘ