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No. 5 Wing RAF

Index No. 5 Wing RAF

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30 relations: Abyssinia Crisis, Amyas Borton, Battle of Megiddo (1918), Charles Burnett (RAF officer), Fort Grange, Geoffrey Salmond, Gosport, Group captain, John Tyssen, Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom), Lionel Charlton, List of wings of the Royal Air Force, No. 1 Squadron RAAF, No. 13 Squadron RAF, No. 14 Squadron RAF, No. 17 Squadron RAF, No. 207 Squadron RAF, No. 3 Squadron RAF, No. 35 Squadron RAF, No. 47 Squadron RAF, No. 8 Squadron RAF, Philip Joubert de la Ferté, Raymond Collishaw, River Thames, Royal Air Force, Royal Flying Corps, Second Italo-Ethiopian War, Wing (military aviation unit), Wing commander (rank), World War II.

Abyssinia Crisis

The Abyssinia Crisis was a crisis in 1935 originating in the so-called Walwal incident in the then ongoing conflict between the Kingdom of Italy and the Empire of Ethiopia (then commonly known as "Abyssinia" in Europe).

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Amyas Borton

Air Vice Marshal Amyas Eden Borton, (20 September 1886 – 15 August 1969) was a pilot and commander in the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War and a senior commander in the Royal Air Force during the 1920s.

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Battle of Megiddo (1918)

The Battle of Megiddo (Megiddo Muharebesi) also known in Turkish as the Nablus Hezimeti ("Rout of Nablus"), or the Nablus Yarması ("Breakthrough at Nablus") was fought between 19 and 25 September 1918, on the Plain of Sharon, in front of Tulkarm, Tabsor and Arara in the Judean Hills as well as on the Esdralon Plain at Nazareth, Afulah, Beisan, Jenin and Samakh.

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Charles Burnett (RAF officer)

Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Stuart Burnett, (3 April 1882 – 9 April 1945) was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force during the first half of the 20th century.

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Fort Grange

Fort Grange is one of the Palmerston Forts, in Gosport, England.

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Geoffrey Salmond

Air Chief Marshal Sir William Geoffrey Hanson Salmond, (19 August 1878 – 27 April 1933), commonly known as Sir Geoffrey Salmond, was a senior commander in the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War.

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Gosport

Gosport is a town in Hampshire on the south coast of England.

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Group captain

Group captain is a senior commissioned rank in many air forces.

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John Tyssen

Air Vice Marshal John Hugh Samuel Tyssen, (20 June 1889 – 4 January 1953) was a British Royal Flying Corps pilot during the First World War and a senior Royal Air Force commander during the first half of the Second World War.

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Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)

Lieutenant colonel (Lt Col), is a rank in the British Army and Royal Marines which is also used in many Commonwealth countries.

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Lionel Charlton

Air Commodore Lionel Evelyn Oswald Charlton, (7 July 1879 – 18 April 1958) was a British infantry officer who served in the Second Boer War.

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List of wings of the Royal Air Force

Wings within the Royal Air Force have both administrative and tactical applications.

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No. 1 Squadron RAAF

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No. 13 Squadron RAF

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No. 14 Squadron RAF

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No. 17 Squadron RAF

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No. 207 Squadron RAF

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No. 3 Squadron RAF

No 3 Squadron of the Royal Air Force operates the Typhoon F2, FGR4 and T3 from RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire.

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No. 35 Squadron RAF

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No. 47 Squadron RAF

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No. 8 Squadron RAF

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Philip Joubert de la Ferté

Air Chief Marshal Sir Philip Bennet Joubert de la Ferté, (21 May 1887 – 21 January 1965) was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force during the 1930s and the Second World War.

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Raymond Collishaw

Raymond Collishaw, (22 November 1893 – 28 September 1976) was a distinguished Canadian fighter pilot, squadron leader, and commanding officer who served in the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) and later the Royal Air Force.

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River Thames

The River Thames is a river that flows through southern England, most notably through London.

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Royal Air Force

The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the United Kingdom's aerial warfare force.

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Royal Flying Corps

The Royal Flying Corps (RFC) was the air arm of the British Army before and during the First World War, until it merged with the Royal Naval Air Service on 1 April 1918 to form the Royal Air Force.

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Second Italo-Ethiopian War

The Second Italo-Ethiopian War, also referred to as the Second Italo-Abyssinian War, was a colonial war from 3 October 1935 until 1939, despite the Italian claim to have defeated Ethiopia by 5 May 1936, the date of the capture of Addis Ababa.

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Wing (military aviation unit)

In military aviation, a wing is a unit of command.

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Wing commander (rank)

Wing commander (Wg Cdr in the RAF, the IAF, and the PAF, WGCDR in the RNZAF and RAAF, formerly sometimes W/C in all services) is a senior commissioned rank in the Royal Air Force and the air forces of many countries which have historical British influence, including many Commonwealth countries but not including Canada and South Africa.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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Redirects here:

5th Wing RFC, 5th Wing Royal Flying Corps, 5th Wing, RFC, Fifth Wing RFC, Fifth Wing, RFC.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._5_Wing_RAF

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