Ocean bridge : the history of RAF Ferry Command / / Carl A. Christie ; with Fred Hatch

• Autore: Christie Carl A.
• Pubblicazione: Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1995; ©1995
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (527 p.)
• Disciplina: 940.544941
• Soggetto topico: World War - 1939-1945 - Aerial operations, British; World War - Canada
• Soggetto geografico: Canada
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): HatchF. J.
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: From 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.; 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Ocean bridge
• ISBN: 1-281-99557-6; 9786611995577; 1-4426-7798-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910780569003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II