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The Air Ferry Routes of WWII, including North Atlantic Route, South Atlantic Route and South Pacific Route. Although many air route surveys of the North Atlantic had been made in the 1930s, by the outbreak of World War II in Europe, civilian trans-Atlantic air service was just becoming a reality. It was soon suspended in favor of military ...
The winter of 1942-43 presented major problems all along the North Atlantic Transport Route. A high accident rate due to weather was experienced beginning in September 1942 and it continued to climb. On 22 November Air Transport Command suspended the transportation of passengers across the North Atlantic for the duration of the winter. The ...
military ferry service DS River Clyde to Reykjavík: military ferry service EC Southend-on-Sea to Oban via Firth of Forth: 1941 1941 90 temporary substitution for EN convoys EN Methil, Fife to Oban via Loch Ewe: 1940 1945 597 temporarily replaced by EC convoys during 1941 FD Faroe Islands to River Clyde: military ferry FN River Thames to Firth ...
Later, a Mid-Atlantic route was developed via the Azores to link the US with Europe and North Africa. While this route was not opened until late 1943, the US and Britain were at all times prepared to occupy the Azores, had the security and future use of this route been threatened by the Axis Powers.
The initial ferry flight of seven Lockheed Hudson bombers from Gander Airport in Newfoundland took place on November 10, 1940. [3] In 1941, the Atlantic Ferry Organization was set up, with civilian pilots flying the aircraft to the UK. [4] The organization was handed over to the Air Ministry, becoming the RAF Ferry Command. [5]
RAF Ferry Command was the secretive Royal Air Force command formed on 20 July 1941 to ferry urgently needed aircraft from their place of manufacture in the United States and Canada, to the front line operational units in Britain, Europe, North Africa and the Middle East during the Second World War.
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North Atlantic route; fast convoys; reverse ON HXA: HX ships via English Channel: 1939 to 1945: HXF: Halifax to Liverpool or Dover in the UK: Sep 1939 to Feb 1940: 17 fast convoys HXM: New York City to Liverpool: 1939 to 1945: Medium speed convoys HXS: New York City to Liverpool: 1939 to 1945: Slow convoys