Ocean Bridge : : The History of RAF Ferry Command / / Carl Christie.
At the beginning of the Second World War there was no thought of delivering planes by air across the Atlantic. It was assumed to be too costly and too dangerous, especially in winter. Despite this initial reluctance, between the fall of 1940 and the spring of 1945, Royal Air Force Ferry Command'...
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Christie, Carl, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Ocean Bridge : The History of RAF Ferry Command / Carl Christie. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2016] ©1997 1 online resource (458 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Heritage Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- 1. Atlantic Pioneers -- 2. Canadian Pacific Railway -- 3. From Triumph to Tragedy -- 4. From ATFERO to Ferry Command -- 5. Flying Boats through Bermuda -- 6. The Northern Routes -- 7. The Southern Routes -- 8. One-Trippers -- 9. No. 45 Group -- 10. Mosquito Deliveries -- 11. No Piece of Cake -- 12. Lasting Legacy -- Appendix A. Aircraft Delivered: CPR Air Services Department, ATFERO, Ferry Command, and No. 45 Group -- APPENDIX B. Losses: CPR Air Services Department, ATFERO, Ferry Command, and No. 45 Group -- APPENDIX C. RAF Transport Command and No. 45 Group at Peak Strength, Summer 1945 -- Notes -- Note on Sources -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star At the beginning of the Second World War there was no thought of delivering planes by air across the Atlantic. It was assumed to be too costly and too dangerous, especially in winter. Despite this initial reluctance, between the fall of 1940 and the spring of 1945, Royal Air Force Ferry Command's mixed civilian and military crews flew almost ten thousand aircraft, mainly American-built, to operational squadrons overseas. In Ocean Bridge Carl Christie provides the first full account of the genesis, history, and importance of Ferry Command.From the pioneer transatlantic flights of the interwar period and the early attempts to initiate regular commercial service, Christie traces London's decision to have aircraft, supplies, and passengers delivered across the Atlantic Ocean from Canada and the United States. Under the inspired leadership of a handful of Imperial Airways' captain-navigators, a group of civilian airmen from Britain, Canada, and the United States undertook to fly urgently needed bombers, maritime patrol aircraft, and transports to Europe for the RAF. This informal civilian organization was augmented by graduates of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan in Canada and taken over by the RAF as Ferry Command in 194 1. Some five hundred aircrew, as well as sixty passengers, lost their lives in accidents; Major Sir Frederick Banting, the discoverer of insulin, was killed in the first fatal crash of the ferry service.Ocean Bridge chronicles an often overlooked contribution to Allied victory and aviation history. By war's end the ferry service, through its various incarnations, had created the basis for the network of international air routes and procedures that commercial travellers now take for granted. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021) World War, 1939-1945 Aerial operations, British. World War, 1939-1945 Canada. DISCOUNT-C. HISTORY / Military / World War II. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999 9783110490947 https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442677982 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781442677982 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9781442677982.jpg |
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