About: RAF Benson

Property	Value
dbo:buildingEndDate	–1939
dbo:code	EB
dbo:description	Royal Air Force basis in het Verenigd Koninkrijk (nl) britischer Militärflugplatz (de) Royal Air Force main operating base in Oxfordshire, England. (en)
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dbp:battles	European theatre of World War IICold War (en)
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