LEADER 04381nam 2200769 450 001 9910780569003321 005 20230912144629.0 010 $a1-281-99557-6 010 $a9786611995577 010 $a1-4426-7798-8 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442677982 035 $a(CKB)2420000000004247 035 $a(EBL)3255125 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000304731 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11256285 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000304731 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10285776 035 $a(PQKB)11748474 035 $a(CaPaEBR)420810 035 $a(CaBNvSL)thg00604313 035 $a(DE-B1597)464714 035 $a(OCoLC)944177841 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442677982 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4671786 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11257479 035 $a(OCoLC)958579454 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/bgw5jf 035 $a(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/7/420810 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4671786 035 $a(OCoLC)1321039216 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)musev2_105045 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3255125 035 $a(EXLCZ)992420000000004247 100 $a20160922h19951995 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aOcean bridge $ethe history of RAF Ferry Command /$fCarl A. Christie ; with Fred Hatch 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d1995. 210 4$dİ1995 215 $a1 online resource (527 p.) 225 0 $aHeritage 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-8020-8131-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aCONTENTS -- 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 327 $aAppendix 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 330 $aFrom 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 1941. 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. 330 8 $aOcean 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. 606 $aWorld War$y1939-1945$xAerial operations, British 606 $aWorld War$d1939-1945$zCanada 607 $aCanada$2fast 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aWorld War$xAerial operations, British. 615 0$aWorld War 676 $a940.544941 700 $aChristie$b Carl A.$01522656 702 $aHatch$b F. J. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910780569003321 996 $aOcean bridge$93762461 997 $aUNINA