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The North Atlantic air ferry route was a series of Air Routes over the North Atlantic Ocean on which aircraft were ferried from the United States and Canada to Great Britain during World War II to support combat operations in the European Theatre of Operations (ETO).
There was little U-boat activity in the North Atlantic after June 1944. The Kriegsmarine's new snorkel U-boats were mainly deployed in British coastal waters, and only one or two Allied merchant ships were sunk each month in the North Atlantic. Similarly, only a handful were sunk by U-boats in the Mediterranean, South Atlantic, and Indian Ocean.
Name Location Coordinates Notes Presque Isle Army Airfield: ME Chief port of embarkation for U.S. aircraft flying the North Atlantic. Headquarters, 23d AAF Ferrying Wing, Ferrying Command 12 June 1942; re-designated North Atlantic Wing, Air Transport Command, 11 February 1944; Redesignated North Atlantic Division, ATC, 27 June 1944.
This was pioneering work. Before Ferry Command, only about a hundred aircraft had attempted a North Atlantic crossing in good weather, and only about half had made it. [citation needed] Over the course of the war, more than 9,000 aircraft were individually ferried across the ocean and the aircraft played a significant role in the outcome of the ...
North Atlantic Wing (established as 23d AAF Ferrying Wing 20 June 1942; redesignated North Atlantic Wing on 1 July 1942; redesignated North Atlantic Division on 1 July 1944) Operated North Atlantic Route for aircraft, personnel and cargo from Presque Isle AAF to Prestwick Airport , Scotland, via Greenland , Iceland or directly from RCAF Station ...
The PBY was the most numerous aircraft of its kind, with around 3,300 aircraft built. During World War II, PBYs were used in anti-submarine warfare, patrol bombing, convoy escort, search and rescue missions (especially air-sea rescue), and cargo transport. The type operated in nearly all operational theatres of World War II.
World War II Database [17] USN aircraft and aircrew transport from US West Coast to Pacific areas (1944–1945) USN: USS Long Island (CVE-1) RN Anti-submarine patrols in Indian Ocean (Jan – March 1944) Operation COVERED; group sank German Supply ship Brake. RN Force 67, CS4: HMS Battler (CVE-6/D18)
Marseilles to North Africa Ms Marseilles to Naples: 1944 1945 MW Alexandria to Malta: NCF fast convoys for Allied invasion of Sicily: 1943 1943 NCS slow convoys for Allied invasion of Sicily: 1943 1943 NP Turkey to Port Said: NSF North Africa to Naples: troopships NV Naples to Augusta, Sicily: OM Oran to Marseilles: 1944 1944 PH Piraeus to heel ...