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  2. North Atlantic air ferry route in World War II - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. RAF Ferry Command - Wikipedia

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    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 war.

  4. Crimson Route - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. List of Allied convoys during World War II by region

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    Liverpool to the Atlantic Ocean 7 September 1939 21 July 1941 345 merged with OA convoy in the southwest approaches - ON and OS convoys replaced OB convoys ON Methil, Fife to Bergen: 1939 1940 PW Portsmouth to Wales: SD Iceland to River Clyde: military ferry service SG Southend-on-Sea to Grimsby: 1940 1940 SILVERTIP

  6. RAF Transport Command - Wikipedia

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    Operating as it did under wartime conditions, Transport Command had a relatively high accident rate. Prominent accidents included a July 1943 crash at Gibraltar, killing the Polish leader General Sikorski and several other senior figures in the exile government; a February 1945 crash in the Mediterranean, killing eleven members of the British delegation to the Yalta Conference; and a March ...

  7. RAF Prestwick - Wikipedia

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    RAF Ferry Command was formed on 20 July 1941 to take control of North Atlantic ferry flights but became part RAF Transport Command on 25 March 1943, with the role becoming the responsibility of No. 45 (Atlantic Ferry) Group. Ferry flights were initially controlled by the Overseas Movement Control Centre, operating from a location in ...

  8. Air Transport Command - Wikipedia

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    The South Pacific air ferry route in World War II connected the US via Hawaii with Australia and islands of the Western Pacific. [ 7 ] The South Atlantic air ferry route linked the US with West Africa via Natal, Brazil , the Middle East , India and China .

  9. 1st Weather Reconnaissance Squadron - Wikipedia

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    During World War II the United States had to move large numbers of aircraft to the European and Mediterranean Theaters via the North Atlantic ferry route, a series of short flights between Newfoundland, Labrador, Greenland, Iceland and the UK. Weather conditions in winter closed the route and made crossing perilous at any time.