Ocean bridge : the history of RAF Ferry Command /
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.
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| Language: | English |
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Toronto ; Buffalo :
University of Toronto Press,
©1995.
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Table of Contents:
- 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
- APPENDICES
- 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 GroupAppendix C: RAF Transport Command and No. 45 Group at Peak Strength, Summer 1945
- NOTES
- NOTE ON SOURCES
- INDEX
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- Y
- Z
- MAPS
- Routes Flown by Ferry Command
- North Atlantic Ferry Routes
- RCAF Flying Control Western Areas
- RCAF Flying Control Eastern Areas
- PHOTOGRAPHS