About: No. 455 Squadron RAAF

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No. 455 Squadron was a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) torpedo bomber squadron during World War II and became famous as part of the "ANZAC Strike Wing" that was formed from Australian and New Zealand squadrons. Raised in early 1941, mainly from Australian personnel, the squadron served over Europe during the war, operating from various bases in the United Kingdom; it also briefly sent a detachment to the Soviet Union in 1942.

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rdfs:comment	No. 455 Squadron was a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) torpedo bomber squadron during World War II and became famous as part of the "ANZAC Strike Wing" that was formed from Australian and New Zealand squadrons. Raised in early 1941, mainly from Australian personnel, the squadron served over Europe during the war, operating from various bases in the United Kingdom; it also briefly sent a detachment to the Soviet Union in 1942.
foaf:name	No. 455 Squadron RAAF
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active years end year	1941-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
active years start year	1941-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
aircraft attack	dbpedia:Bristol_Beaufighter
aircraft bomber	dbpedia:Handley_Page_Hampden
battle honours	Berlin, 1940–1945 Fortress Europe, 1940–1944 France and Germany, 1944–1945 German Ports, 1940–1945 Normandy, 1944 Ruhr, 1940–1945 Arctic, 1940–1945 English Channel and North Sea, 1939–1945 Baltic, 1939–1945 Russia, 1941–1945
command structure	Bomber Command No. 5 Group
identification symbol	In front of two battle axes in saltire a winged helmet 2 (Aug 1943 – Jul 1944) UB (Jun 1941 – Aug 1943, Jul 1944 – May 1945)
military branch	Royal Australian Air Force
motto	Strike and strike again
role	Bomber Torpedo bomber
thumbnail	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/455_Sqn_(AWM_UK1548).jpg?width=300
is military unit of	Harold Brownlow Morgan Martin Catanach, James

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