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Royal Flying Corps

1912-1918 aerial warfare component of the army of the United Kingdom
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Royal Flying Corps

Summary

Royal Flying Corps is a corps[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of corps entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (299 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Royal Flying Corps is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • Royal Flying Corps's image is recorded as E02661Cobby1918.jpg[4].
  • Royal Flying Corps's image is recorded as The Royal Flying Corps 1912 - 1918 HU67895.jpg[5].
  • Royal Flying Corps's image is recorded as RFC Cap Badge noBG.jpg[6].
  • Royal Flying Corps's instance of is recorded as corps[7].
  • Royal Flying Corps's instance of is recorded as army aviation component[8].
  • Royal Flying Corps's coat of arms image is recorded as Royal Flying Corps cap badge.jpg[9].
  • Royal Flying Corps's ISNI is recorded as 0000000098772965[10].
  • Royal Flying Corps's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 146514025[11].
  • Royal Flying Corps's GND ID is recorded as 4438289-3[12].
  • Royal Flying Corps's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n80125866[13].
  • Royal Flying Corps's IdRef ID is recorded as 170360474[14].
  • Royal Flying Corps's part of is recorded as British Army[15].
  • Royal Flying Corps's Commons category is recorded as Royal Flying Corps[16].
  • +1912-04-13T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Royal Flying Corps[17].
  • Royal Flying Corps was dissolved in +1918-04-01T00:00:00Z[18].
  • Royal Flying Corps's participated in conflict is recorded as World War I[19].
  • Royal Flying Corps's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01hz7w[20].
  • Royal Flying Corps's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Royal Flying Corps[21].
  • Royal Flying Corps's allegiance is recorded as George V[22].
  • Royal Flying Corps's replaced by is recorded as Royal Air Force[23].
  • Royal Flying Corps's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Royal-Flying-Corps[24].
  • Royal Flying Corps's motto text is recorded as {'lang': 'la', 'text': 'Per Ardua ad Astra'}[25].
  • Royal Flying Corps's motto is recorded as Per ardua ad astra[26].
  • Royal Flying Corps's BBC Things ID is recorded as 42a43222-ef09-406c-b645-7550b70a1ac9[27].

Body

Founding

+1912-04-13T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Royal Flying Corps[17].

Identity

Royal Flying Corps's part of is recorded as British Army[15]. Its short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en-gb', 'text': 'RFC'}[28].

Dissolution

Royal Flying Corps was dissolved in +1918-04-01T00:00:00Z[18].

Why It Matters

Royal Flying Corps ranks in the top 3% of corps entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (299 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

Related Entities

George V Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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