June 22-2015- Monday - Update - Appendix 1 - Raf Fc Finding Aids

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Chapter 8 - FINDING AIDS … Earth Angels Rising - © Ted Beaudoin, September, 2015

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FINDING AIDS can help those wanting to know more about this operation, which despite a number of command and

name changes, had become popularly known throughout the war as the RAF ’s Ferry Command.

Who would have thought, for example, that the very idea of flying bombers through the dangerous, then-uncharted and

relatively-unknown North Atlantic Ocean skies would have come from a letter written by an export merchant, MrOakes-White, of Hunt & Holditch, Ltd., in Torquay, England?

So wrote the man who ran the RAF FC / TC out of Canada, Air Commodore Griffith “Taffy” Powell,

CBE, at left - on Page 20 of his memoires, Ferryman - from Ferry Command to Silver City , published

by Airlife in May, 1982. The book is still available in 2015 from many bookstores, including among

others, Amazon.com, 17 used books at US$ 3.23 each and new at US$ 180.42, or from Airlife, its

original publisher: 9 used books at US $ 11.21 and new at US $ 11.12.

It took a lot of searching and reading of the precious-few books on the RAF FC / TC, along with numerous magazine

and newspaper articles to uncover this item, best categorized perhaps under the trivia heading where it comes to pure

and highly-detailed research.

NB: Photo of Mr. Powell from http://www.silvercityairways.com/the_company.htm

Where the idea first came from, according to Mr. Powell:

… "It was in fact a firm of London export merchants, Hunt & Holditch Ltd ., which seems to have put the

first suggestion on the Ministry of Aircraft Production files when a director , Mr. Oakes-White wrote to

Lord Beaverbrook, then Minister of Aircraft Production, to say that he had contact with a group of airline

pilots and proposed a convoy system whereby each group of Hudsons would be shepherded by a flying

boat. The scheme had some unworkable features and was turned down. It did however bring the

suggestion to air ferry out into the open and to the front of Lord Beaverbrook's mind; so much so that by

mid-1940 there were extensive exchanges for and against the proposal.

His idea led to a delivery rate of an average of 114 aircraft a day, day-in and day-out between November

1940 and August, 1945.

However, simply typing the words RAF Ferry Command or RAF Transport Command alone into a search engine will not

provide the massive amount of information which does exist on the internet, and in other places.

Trying to find information about the then sometimes-secret RAF FC has been difficult for two reasons.

The first is due to the fact that its records are scattered all over the map, and the second is the result of a number of

name and command structure changes since it first began as a division of one of Canada’s two national railways: the

Canadian Pacific Railway’s Air Services Department - CPASD. It ran the show the Atlantic Ferry Organisation - ATFERO

with a Return Ferry Service - RFS. Helping them in a big way were the British Overseas Airways Corporation- BOACTrans-Canada Airlines - TCA and a number of American airlines, such as Pan-American - Pan Am, Trans-World Airlines

TWA and United airlines - UA.

By early 1941, the civilians were assisted in making deliveries across this and later, other trans-ocean routes, with

military personnel seconded to them from allied air forces, or civilian personnel attached to them from allied nations

commercial airlines … providing air, ground and administrative personnel, services and auxiliary aircraft … from the RCAF

- the Royal Canadian Air Force, the USAAF - United States Army Air Force - and from other allied countries’ air forces

including, among others, the CAAF - Czechoslovak Army Air Force, the RAAF - Royal Australian Air Force, the RNZAF

Royal New Zealand Air Force, the SRAF - South Rhodesian Air Force, the SAAF South African Air Force - SAAF, the

Russian air force, and a number of allied nations’ commercial air carriers.

http://www.silvercityairways.com/the_company.htm







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As stated in the Louis Lang story of Chapter 11, more and more folks are starting to become aware of this magnificent airlift …

… and there will be more recognition soon, thanks to Bob Briggs

Gander, NL, Canada, who, along with his supporters, and other

federal government departments, to be named soon), a newmuseum dedicated exclusively to the RAF FC is expected to rise

between 2015 and 2016 in Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador. …

(Artist’s sketch)

Other allied air force military commands existed at the time, but they were mainly used to ferry military aircraft to and from

their internal air bases, or to other countries where their bases were located. They were not used to ferry military aircraft

across the world’s ocean on any regular basis. Also, they were not equipped, nor staffed, to be able to do the job which the

civilians did on their behalf.

The RAF FC was a totally England-led and England-funded operation, with all civilian employees sworn to secrecy, operating

exclusively out of Canada, and regularly used by the Canadian who became known as Intrepid, a subject of many

newspaper and magazine articles and movies for theatres and television. He was one of a few highly-select and

influential men who brilliantly wielded major influence at the highest political and military levels in

Canada, England and the USA. William Stephenson was Intrepid. His highly-secret Camp X near

Toronto, Ontario, Canada made great and regular use of RAF FC aircraft deliveries to ferry many

allied military intelligence personnel who trained at Camp X from the camp to England, to penetrate enemy

lines. For military intelligence personnel read the word spies. (Portrait of Mr. Stephenson, at right: published with permission by famed Canadian artist, Ms Irma Coucill, Toronto, ON).

Each of the three books will feature two sections - this appendix

along with the first official story, published in 1945, about this

organization, written under contract by John Pudney … In 1940

he was commissioned into the Royal Air Force as an intelligence

officer and as a member of the Air Ministry's Creative Writer's Unit. It will be APPENDIX 2 in all three books.

During World War II Pudney published articles for this organization, including, in 1945, the only

known official history of the RAF Ferry Command. The Harry Ramson Humanities Research

Center at the University of Texas in Austin, Texas, USA, provided interesting background

information on Pudney. An accomplished writer and poet, he also penned, one of 28 of his

works contained in this archive, The Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the Royal Air Force.

His 50-page book on the RAF FC is now in the public domain, and is cited as such in each of the

three books. His book, Atlantic Bridge , has been “found” on the internet to have two

distinctively separate covers … the “official” cover - at LEFT - is now in the public domain, and anyone can re-publish it for sale

without paying the author’s estate any royalties. The second cover, at right, is on a book which is listed as being offered for

sale at $25.22 + $3.10 SHIPPING at the following web site …

http://www.rakuten.com/prod/atlantic-bridge-the-official-account-of-r-a-f-transport-command-

s/q/loc/106/31233942.html

The bottom line on the cover of the for-sale version reads - Prepared by the Ministry of Information for United Kingdom

Air Ministry … slightly different from the bottom line of the “official” public domain version … which reads: THE OFFICIAL

ACCOUNT OF R.A.F. TRANSPORT COMMAND’S OCEAN FERRY - NINEPENCE Net . Pudney’s book received newspaper and

magazine attention soon after it was published, as seen by a brief two-column news item in the Reno Evening Gazette

on Page 4 of its Monday, Feb. 19th, 1945 edition, near the bottom of the page … no source had been attributed to this

story. This particular newspaper article surfaced from the following web site, which has been invaluable in providing

archived newspaper stories, which for this subject date back to the early 1930s …

http://www.rakuten.com/prod/atlantic-bridge-the-official-account-of-r-a-f-transport-command-s/q/loc/106/31233942.html







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About the Atlantic Bridge - from

http://www.newspaperarchive.com/SearchResultsV3.aspxAcross the "At lant ic B r idge"

ON NOVEMBER 11, 1940, seven two-engined airplanes landed at a British airfield after flying direct from

Newfoundland. That was the beginning of the RAF transport command's ocean ferry.

In 1940, twenty-six planes were ferried across the "Atlantic bridge." How that vital service has grown is

indicated in a booklet put out by the British air ministry which states that 1336 planes were ferried across

the ocean in 1943.

The "bridge" now has two "spans," across the north Atlantic and across the south Atlantic, using

airfields blasted from volcanic rock, hewn from jungle and levelled from sand dunes.

Many stories that are stranger —at least more thrilling—than fiction could be related about the

pioneers who blazed this air trail. There was, for instance, Jack Durham, a Texan who flew planes from

Nassau in the Bahamas to Africa, "like shelling peas." In four months Durham delivered eleven aircraft

and on the twelfth trip he lost both motors in mid-Atlantic, ending his career.

In addition to flying boats and four-engined and twin-engined bombers, the transport command also

ferries freight, passengers and official mail. Among its stranger cargo was $30,000 worth of radium,

which put the ship's compass out by 14 degrees.

The British air ministry now reports that "The Atlantic air has been mastered; its history is only just

beginning." The record of the transport command indicates there is no exaggeration in that statement.

While these sources include web sites, this list also provides the names of individuals, governments, private corporations and

companies, agencies and associations whose personnel have provided interviews and / or donated material in the form o

such items as … letters … news clippings - magazine and newspapers … CDs containing personal and commercial dramatic

fictional and documentary films. Most of the internet-based information is available at no charge; only a few web sites

charge a fee.

This list can help those looking for information, from any source, about their relatives and / or friends who served with

the RAF FC in any capacity … as civilian employees or as military personnel seconded to the RAF FC from various allied

air forces … as 1-Trippers … or for longer periods of time.

How to find information on the internet about the RAF’s Ferry Command operation of WW II

In trying to find anything on the internet dealing with the Royal Air Force’s Ferry Command operation, it is important to

be aware of the official names by which it was known between 1939 and 1945. Simply entering the words Royal Air Force

Ferry Command or Ferry Command alone into a search engine will not yield many good results. Why not?

As noted earlier, this is because military air ferry commands already existed before WW II … to ferry allied air forcesaircraft to their various bases around the world.

Without using the official names of what was popularly known as the RAF Ferry Command in search

engines, results will be sparse and almost limited. But by using the four names shown here on different searches, many

interesting results are more likely to show up.

The months of December 1939 and January 1940 saw the start of recruiting of air and support ground crews,

and administration personnel, along with the delivery of aircraft from the USA into Canada.

The actual flying of bombers across the North Atlantic Ocean only began on Sunday, Nov. 10th, 1940 by

personnel hired by the Canadian Pacific Railway’s Air Service Department - the CPASD.

http://www.newspaperarchive.com/SearchResultsV3.aspx

http://www.newspaperarchive.com/SearchResultsV3.aspx




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This same operation was also known by two other identifiers … ATFERO for Atlantic Ferry Organization and its

Return Ferry Organization/Service, the RFO/RFS, for which no known logos have yet been “found” on the net, nor in

corporate archives of the CPR.

Nine months later, by May, 1941, ATFERO would be ripped from CPR’s civilian hands at the demands of American

President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who wanted it placed under the military control of the Royal Air Force,operating concurrently from what was then known as St- Hubert airport in St. Hubert, south of Montréal

Island, and Dorval airport on the west end of Montréal Island, both in the Canadian province of Québec:

thus the logo showing the British Ministry of Aircraft Production.

Another name change came into place two months after that, in July, 1941 when it became officially known for the first

time as the RAF Ferry Command. The fourth and final name and command structure changes

took place in April 1943, revealing the final “official” name of the operation, the one by which is

became formally known and recognized throughout the world - today’s R.A.F. Transport Command.

Little wonder it’s been difficult to find useful and accurate results on this incredible airborne

armada by using only the words … Royal Air Force Ferry Command or Ferry Command . Additional information can also be

found by entering the above names in the Way Back Machine, described elsewhere in these pages. _____________________________________________________________________

Archives, associations, companies, governments, museums, organizations, universities

AustraliaTrove - http://trove.nla.gov.au/ - free service, no fees or subscription needed “Find and get ove

390,815,994 Australian and online resources … “

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CanadaAlberta Aviation Museum & Edmonton Aviation Heritage Society

11410 Kingsway Ave., Edmonton, Alberta - T5G 0X4

http://www.albertaaviationmuseum.com -

Jim Coutts, Editor, In Formation newsletter

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Bomber Command Museum of Canada

1729 - 21st Ave., Nanton, Alberta

http://www.bombercommandmuseum.c

Curator: Bob Evans - volunteer: permissions from him and the author, Clarence Simonsen to reproduce Mr. Simonsen’s

ar ticle on the wondrous wink-wink, nudge-nudge dog-and-pony show better known as the American recruiting trio of the

Clayton-Knight Committee

Canadian Aviation Hall of Fame

PO Box 6090 - Wetaskiwin, Alberta - T9A 2E8

17 of its 240 members in 2015 were associated with the RAF FC / TC - http://cahf.ca

David Crone, former curator, Mary Oswald, former editor of the CAHF newsletter The Flyer

Harry Hayward, volunteer

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Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation

100 Laurier Street, Gatineau, Québec - K1A 0M8

www.historymuseum.ca

http://trove.nla.gov.au/

http://trove.nla.gov.au/system/counts

http://www.albertaaviationmuseum.com/


http://www.bombercommandmuseum.ca/

http://cahf.ca/

http://www.historymuseum.ca/

http://www.historymuseum.ca/

http://cahf.ca/

http://www.bombercommandmuseum.ca/


http://trove.nla.gov.au/system/counts

http://trove.nla.gov.au/




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Canadian Museum of Flight

Hangar #3, 5333 216th St., Langley, British Columbia - V2Y 2N3

http://www.canadianflight.org

Jerry Vernon,President of the Vancouver branch of the Canadian Aviation Historical Society, provided material for

James McClelland‘s paper on the January 15th, 1940, horse-towing of Hudson bombers from North Dakota into Manitoba

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Canadian Pacific Air Lines, Canadian Pacific Railway

Sir Edward Wentworth Beatty, President

Punch Dickens: Prior to the Second World War Dickins became the general superintendent for CPR’s airline division.

When war began he headed the first organization to set up what became the RAF FC.

Bob Kennell: (Retired) Manager, Canadian Pacific Archives & Product Licensing

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Canadian War Museum

1 Vimy Place, Ottawa, ON - K1A 0M8

http://www.warmuseum.ca/home

Jane Naisbitt, Head, Military History Research Centre - [email protected]

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Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum Inc.

Box 3, Grp. 520, RR #5, Brandon, Manitobahttp://www.airmuseum.ca/

It is the only museum in the world dedicated uniquely to 130,000-plus aircrew personnel who trained under the

British Commonwealth Air Training Plan.

Stephen Hayter- Executive Director, provided information about the photo of Jimmy Mattern who made the first

cro ssing of the American - Canadian border to “deliver” a Hudson bomber on January 15th, 1940.

___________________________________________Department of National Defense, Directorate of History and Heritage

2429 Holly Lane, Stacey Building, Ottawa, ON

http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/index-eng.asp

Warren Sinclair, Chief Archivist - Valerie Casbourn, Assistant Archivist, along with student archivists

NicolasLamothe, Liam Rafferty and Arthur Wells

Contact: http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/adh-sdh/cl-lc/index-eng.asp

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Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum

9280 Airport Road, Mount Hope, ON - L0R 1W0http://www.warplane.comErin Napier, Curato

On John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport groundsNeil McGavock, Co-ordinator of the museum’s Voices From The Past program

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Clayton-Knight Committee, Canada / USA, major recruiters American civilian air crews

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Dorval Historical Society

Centre communautaire Sarto Fournier, 1335 Lakeshore Drive, Dorval, Québec - H9S 2E5

http://www.societehistoriquededorval.org

and

http://montrealmosaic.com/organization/dorval-historical-society

Alain Jarry, historian - Beverley Rankin, Dorval City representative

http://www.canadianflight.org/

http://www.warmuseum.ca/home/

mailto:[email protected]

http://www.airmuseum.ca/


http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/adh-sdh/cl-lc/index-eng.asp

http://www.warplane.com/

http://www.societehistoriquededorval.org/



http://www.societehistoriquededorval.org/

http://www.warplane.com/

http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/adh-sdh/cl-lc/index-eng.asp


http://www.airmuseum.ca/


http://www.warmuseum.ca/home/

http://www.canadianflight.org/




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The Empire Club of Canada (Toronto branch

Fairmont Royal York Hotel, 100 Front Street West, Toronto, Ontario - M5J 1E3

http://www.empireclub.org

In 1943, RAF FC leader, Air Vice-Marshal Marix spoke to this group on the size and scope of RAF FC and its accomplishments as

well as its strength in supporting administrative personnel in Dorval,Québec ____________________________________________________________________________

Ferry Command Association

This group is no longer active, having held its last meeting in 2000, in Gander, NL, Canada - however, a

small amount of information from this inactive web site can be found through the

Way Back Machine at … https://archive.org/web ...

By typing https://web.archive.org/web/* /http://www.ferrycommand.com

onto the URL or address bar atop any web browser … the following result shows up:

http://www.ferrycommand.com

UPPER LEFT: a partial screen shot of this page shows that the FC Association web pages have been saved 7 times

between February 1st, 2001 and June 2nd, 2002

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Flying for your life

http://www.flyingforyourlife.com/pilots/ww2/h/hodson/#.UZebMMq8-So

Source for Keith Hodson, net search result

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Gander Airport Historical Society (GAHS

PO Box 238 - Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) - A1V 1W6

http://www.ganderairporthistoricalsociety.org/ blog - http://airportcoffeeshop.blogspot.com

Jan., 6th

, 2015 Board of Directors: Dean Cull, Peter Hoyles, George Innes, Rev. Marion Pardy

Jack Pinsent, Rick Stead and earlier, Robert Pelley

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Institut Historica Dominion Institut

2 Carlton Street, East Mezzanine, Toronto, ON - M5B 1J3

http://www.thememoryproject.com/about

re Gordon Saunders … ”The Memory Project”, also provided a lead to Basil Hall

“The Memory Project Archives is an initiative of the Historica-Dominion Institute and is made possible with generous funding

from Canadian Heritage.”

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Juno Beach Centre

828 Legion Road, Burlington, Ontario - L7S 1T5http://www.junobeach.org/canada-in-wwii/articles/ferrying- aircrafts-overseas/

Centre Juno Beach - Voie des Français Libres, BP 104 - 14470 Courseulles-sur-Mer, France

http://www.junobeach.org/canada-in-wwii/articles/ferrying- aircrafts-overseas/

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Library and Archives Canada

Ottawa, Ontario

http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Pages/home.aspx

Please see Page 27 for some web sites from Library and Archives Canada

http://www.empireclub.org/

http://www.ferrycommand.com/



http://www.ganderairporthistoricalsociety.org/

http://airportcoffeeshop.blogspot.com/

http://www.thememoryproject.com/about/

http://www.junobeach.org/canada-in-wwii/articles/ferrying-aircrafts-overseas/






http://www.thememoryproject.com/about/

http://airportcoffeeshop.blogspot.com/

http://www.ganderairporthistoricalsociety.org/




http://www.empireclub.org/




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Andrew Elliott - Archivist - Economic, Security and Governance Acquisitions Division, Larry McNally, retired, Archivist:

Location of Sheldon Luck - Ted Beaudoin fonds , deposit of memorabilia and other material acquired over eight years of

research across Canada, along with recorded interviews (and transcripts) with Sheldon Luck, first Chief Pilot of Canadian Pacific

Air Lines - the genesis for the three books in this project and much material on the Royal Air Force Ferry Command / Transport

Command.

____________________________________________________________________________Manitoba Legislative Library

Room 100 - 200 Vaughan St., Winnipeg, MB - R3C 1T5

http://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/leg-lib/

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Milton Historical Society

16 James St., Milton, Ontario - L9T 2P4

http://images.milton.halinet.on.ca/16105/dat

Contact: RichardLaughton:

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NetLetter

http://www.thenetletter.org/

“ … an Aviation based newsletter for Air Canada, TCA, CP Air, Canadian Airlines and all other Canadian

based airlines that once graced the Canadian skies.”

Terry Baker, Editor - posted a request in NetLetter # 1320 - issued Tuesday, June 2nd, 2015: Perhaps some of you readers may

have had relatives within Canada`s civil aviation community who did join, either as full-pay employees of the British Air

Ministry - who funded the RAF FC, or were seconded to it by their own carrier. This notice may add new information.

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North Atlantic Aviation Museum

135 Trans-Canada Highway, PO Box 234, Gander, NL - A1V 1W6

http://northatlanticaviationmuseum.com

Bob Briggs, President, Sandra Seaward, Executive Director __________________________________________________________________

Oakville Images - Oakville Public Library

Central branch location - 120 Navy St., Oakville, Ontario - L6J 2Z4

http://www.opl.on.ca/

Oakville Images is a partnership of the Oakville Public Library, Oakville Historical Society, Oakville Museum at Erchless

Estate, the Town of Oakville, Appleby College, Bronte Historical Society …

provided photograph of John (Jack) Steen Wyndham, a Canadian army radio operator seconded to the RAF FC

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Panthéon de l'Air et de l'espace du Québec - Québec Air and Space Hall of Fame

5365 Chemin de Chambly Saint-Hubert, Québec J3Y 3N9

http://site.aerovision.org

Pierre Thiffault, co-founder, Chairman of the selection committee from 2001 to 2010

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Virtual Wings

Oneonta, NY- USA

www.virtualwings.org

Paul F. Straney, re T9465, Spirit of Lockheed-Vega Employees paint schemes


http://images.milton.halinet.on.ca/16105/data


http://northatlanticaviationmuseum.com/



http://www.oakvillehistory.org/

http://www.oakville.ca/museum/


http://www.oakville.ca/

http://www.appleby.on.ca/

http://www.brontehistoricalsociety.ca/

http://site.aerovision.org/

http://site.aerovision.org/



http://www.appleby.on.ca/

http://www.oakville.ca/







http://northatlanticaviationmuseum.com/


http://images.milton.halinet.on.ca/16105/data





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Western Canadian Aviation Museum

958 Ferry Rd, Winnipeg, Manitoba - R3H 0Y8

http://www.royalaviationmuseum.com

published in its Review magazine, James McClelland’s paper on the two-horse

hauling of bombers from North Dakota into Manitoba

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DenmarkJacobus Maarschalkerweerd, lead to Capt. E. Stafford

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EnglandImperial War Museums, 3 locations

IMW London, Lambeth Road, London SE1 6HZ, United Kingdom

IWM North, The Quays, Trafford Wharf Road, Trafford Park, Manchester, England - M17 1TZ

IWM Duxford, Cambridgeshire, England - CB22 4QRhttp://www.iwm.org.uk

George Matt, designer - confirming a plaque commemorating - without an arrival date - the Spirit of Lockheed-Vega

Employees T9465 Hudson bomber gift from the Lockheed and Vega aircraft manufacturing plant … and their 18,000

employees … to the city of London: See also witnesses

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Royal Air Forces Association

117½ Loughborough Road, Leicester - LE4 5ND

https://www.rafa.org.uk

Tried to help author track Steve Bowsher, a RAF member who maintained a Ferry Command

Association web site for a number of years while posted in Canada’s maritime province of Newfoundland and Labrador

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Royal Air Force Museum - 2 location

Grahame Park Way, London and NW9 5LL - Cosford, Shifnal, Shropshire TF11 8UP

http://www.rafmuseum.org.ukRichard Simpson, Curator of Aircraft: Spirit of Lockheed-Vega Employees and penciled messages of goodwill on its panels

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IrelandBrendan M. Rohan, Commandant - (Irish Army - Retired )

Corcreggan Mill, Dunfanaghy, County Donegal

Brendan set up a well-received 2014 tribute with a monument to a 1942 RAF FC Hudson

bomber aircrew, whose American pilot, Ernest Lloyd Leak, was forced to land on a local beach

due to low fuel. One of his crew members was Radio Operator and Air Gunner, Flight Sergeant Karl Edward Dzinkowski

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. This event was attended by, among others, RCAF Lt. Col. Steve Allen, acting Canadian Military

Attaché, and Dzinkowski`s daughter, Ramona Dzinkowski, Campbellville, Ontario, Canada … all leading to a segment in Book 1- Earth Angels Rising titled Irish Tribute to RAF FC trumps politics. Book 1 also contains a small extract from a book which he

intends to publish, titled On a Wing and a Prayer

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Northern IrelandBelfast International Airport

http://www.belfastairport.com

Ernie Cromie, Ulster Aviation Society , lead to Belfast International Airport - Deborah Harris and Meg Warner, Public Relations

http://www.royalaviationmuseum.com/

https://www.facebook.com/jacobus.maarschalkerweerd



http://www.iwm.org.uk/

https://www.rafa.org.uk/

http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/

http://www.belfastairport.com/

http://www.belfastairport.com/

http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/

https://www.rafa.org.uk/

http://www.iwm.org.uk/


http://www.royalaviationmuseum.com/




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ScotlandFar North Aviation - http://www.farnorthaviation.co.uk

Wick Airport, Caithness, Scotland, United Kingdom - KW1 4QP

Andrew Bruce, owner - help with tracking T-9465, Spirit of Lockheed-Vega Employees aircraft

_________________________________________________________________________ NATS

Prestwick, Scotland

http://www.nats.aero

From its web site: “NATS is the UK's leading provider of air traffic control services. Each year we handle

2.2 million flights and 220 million passengers in UK airspace.”

Brian Plant, private aviation researcher: background on importance of Prestwick airport to the RAF FC

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Prestwick Airport

Aviation House, Prestwick, KA9 2PL

http://www.glasgowprestwick.com

Danny Anderson - researcher

Bob Chandler - area chairman, RAFA Scotland and Northern IrelandAlan Clark, airport media relations

Tom Macfadyen and Doug Maclean - researchers

Jim Riach, Editor: Prestwick Air Letter

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Scottish Saltaire Aircrew Association

http://www.aircrew-saltire.org

Jack Burgess, RAF FC Flight Engineer,1-Tripper …

… age 92 at the time of writing, he has been a major supporter of this project - his web site contains 9 entries

d e a l i n g with the RAF FC. His memories can found in the following entries on the website, which is at

http://www.aircrew- saltire.org/ - they are Nos. 18, 56, 93, 120, 140, 163, 167, 180, 203. Entry No. 234 reports on

the development of this project.

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United States of America

http://www.flightglobal.com/

Flight Global magazine, a world-wide, top-of-the-line aviation publication, print and on-line

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Google newspapers

http://news.google.com/newspapers

a powerful source of highly reliable

newspaper articles dated between

1938 and 1945 …

dealing with the entire range of stories from the earliest days of what became the RAF FC to the end of WW II … __________________________________________________________________

Lockheed Martin

Bethesda, Maryland

http://www.lockheedmartin.com

Karen Hagar and Laura Siebert, public relations ______________________________________________

Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum

Hyde Park, NY

http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu

Robert (Bob) Clark, Executive Director - concerning Churchill’s urgent 26-paragraph letter in December 1940 pleading fo

help to American President Franklin D. Roosevelt

http://www.farnorthaviation.co.uk/


http://www.nats.aero/

http://www.glasgowprestwick.com/

http://www.aircrew-saltire.org/





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Trower Aviation

Scobey Airport, PO Box 530 Scobey, Montana, 59263

Charles Trower, owner, provided research help on Canadian / USA border airports used in 1939 and 1940

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Harry Ransom Center - The University of Texas at AustinUniversity of Texas - P.O. Drawer 7219m Austin, Texas - 78713-7219

http://www.hrc.utexas.edu

Provided backgrounds on Jimmy Mattern and John Sleigh Pudney

___________________________________________________________________Internet Archive

300 Funston Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94118

internet archive http://archive.org/web

From its web site … “archived 419, 000, 000, 000 pages archived since1996” … truly an incredible internet resource …

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WitnessesRoderick B. Goff ., weatherman in Gander, NL in December, 1940, witness to T9465, Spirit of Lockheed-Vega Employees

runway crash, and author Crossroads of the World: Recollections from an Airport Town.

While not an eye-witness per se, he was told about the non-fatal crash. Roderick, now in his early 90s, was the

weather forecaster on duty the night of Saturday, Dec. 29th, 1940 when this aircraft tried to take off on a flight to

London, England. He had left his office for the night and in passing the air traffic control room, was told by the air

traffic controllers on duty about the crash that had just taken place.

Gerry Harmann, 1986, Sicamous, BC, lead to his father, Ivan

Ivan Harmann, 1986, Westbank, BC and RCAF Gander, NL

After reading the author’s original manuscript covering the life of the late Sheldon Luck, Walking on Air , Mr

Harmann said he was moved by the three chapters in that book dealing with the RAF FC and decided to donate a

broken propeller tip which he said he had sawed off from the wreckage of Hudson bomber, T9465, the Spirit ofLockheed-Vega Employees, the morning after it crashed. He was an RCAF mechanic at the time, and had been

instructed to clean up the wreck on the runway on which T9465 had tried to take off for a flight to London,

England. The Lockheed and Vega aircraft manufacturing companies in Los Angeles, California, and their 18,000

employees had donated this aircraft to the folks of London as a morale-boosting gift. They knew that Londoners

were going through a merciless bombing by the German air force, which came to be known as the Blitz of

London. This aircraft did NOT arrive the following day, as had been hoped, but one bearing the same name, and

containing a few of the panels from the original - signed by some employees, showed up in Wick, Scotland in

March, 1941: its story is told in Book 1 of this quartet - Earth Angels Rising.

Elmer McClelland, Emerson, MB, Canada, child witness of the January 1940 horse-towing of bombers from USA to Canada …

this was a lead from his cousin, retired Winnipeg school teacher James McClelland

Media: film, television, theatres, magazines, newspapers, publishers, etc

The BBC, numerous documentaries on various RAF FC accomplishments and profiles on some personnel

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The British Newspaper Archive

London, England

http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/

Christian Halgar - helped establish the fact that no newspaper in England or Scotland reported the arrival of the Spirit of

Lockheed - Vega Employees in December 1940, nor any time in 1941

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British Pathé

http://www.britishpathe.com/

various newsreel items over the years, for movie theatres world-wide

__________________________________________________________________________________________________CBC

Doc Zone - http://www.cbc.ca/doczone/ Ferry Command, The Forgotten Flyers of WW II , 2006

Cowichan News Leader, Cowichan (Vancouver Island), BC, Canada - Peter W. Rusland, reporter

Gander Beacon, Gander, NL, Canada - Brandon Anstey, Reporter - Kevin Higgins - Editor

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Hamilton Spectator, Hamilton, ON, Canada: archive

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John O’Groat Journal and Caithness Courrie

Wick, Scotland

http://www.johnogroat-journal.co.uk/Home

Elizabeth-Anne Mackay, Deputy Editor

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Newspapers: another remarkable searching resource … web site subscription, archives millions of newspapers world-wide

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Pope Productions

St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

http://popeproductions.ca

Produced a 4-hour mini-series Above and Beyond , 2006, about the RAF FC From the web site: Pope Productions is a St

John’s based company specializing in feature film, documentary and television formats. Founded in 1998 by Paul Pope

“… it has grown to be the most well-known independent production company in NL.”

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Contributors and WritersLaura Anderson, reporter, North Shore News, North Vancouver, BC, Canada, story on Ken McClelland

Peter Berry, Prestwick, Scotland, author (2005) Prestwick Airport and Scottish Aviation

Arthur Bishop, son of famed Canadian WW I pilot Billy Bishop, a pilot in his own right who made quite a name for himself,

author of Unsung Courage … 16 pages of this book deal with the RAF FC

John Croft, Americas Editor, Flight Globalmagazine

Ernest K. Gann, author, Island in the Sky Joey Gill, Boys of Spring Productions, Toronto, ON, Canada,

Robert Boudreau, director, writer, producer Boys of Spring, planned movie on Clayton-Knight Committee … This

committee recruited thousands of American civilians, serving as both air and ground crews, most flying with and for

the RCAF and some with the RAF FC -

Charles Savage, Producer , Working title: The Clayton Knight Committee (USA)

F.J. Hatch, Aerodrome of Democracy : Canada, the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan 1939-1945

Trish Lewis, blogger, Thief River Falls, Minnesota, USA - [email protected] - Blogs: St. Vincent Memories -

Scribblings from Memory - Prairie Woman - Our Mothers - Penny Plain and Twopence Coloured

James McClelland, Innisfil, ON, Canada - former teacher in Manitoba, local historian

contributor to Earth Angels Rising, and documentary film producer on local Manitoba histories

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T. M. McGrath, Ottawa, ON, A History of Canadian Airports, Transport Canada, Ottawa

Donald McVicar, RAF FC pioneering, frontier-busting pilot, author of 12 books on the RAF FC

W. O’Brien, Australia - Murder in Ferry Command - 1942 fiction: murder mystery book based on the RAF FC-

published by NEA Service Inc. - Newspaper Enterprise Association, founded by Edward Willis Scripps, later becoming

United Press International after merging with the Hearst organization - published this book in serial format in Australia

USA and in Canada - with Flesherton, ON being one of those places - see Page 25 for another mystery book within ferrycommands.

Griffith “Taffy” Powell, Air Commodore, C.B.E., RAF FC, author, Per Ardua ad Astra,

the story of the Atlantic Air Ferry and Ferryman - From Ferry Command to Silver City

Terry Shoptaugh, retired professor / historian, Minnesota, USA, contributor to Earth Angels Rising

Joyce Spring, author Daring Lady Flyers, some ATA women pilots - lead to ElspethRussell

Frank Tibbo, historian, Gander Beacon columnist, Gander, NL, Canada:

William (Bill) VanDerKloot - Atlanta, GA, USA - http://vanderkloot.com/

Film-maker, Flying the Secret Sky - about his father Bill VanDerKloot

Carol (Mercer) Walsh, writer - The Beacon Supplement , July 31st

, 1991

convincing England that Gander, NL was the only good place from which to launch aircraft deliveries

Shalto Watt, RAF FC, pilot, author, I’ll Take the High Road John Butler (Sammy) Woods, author, Uncharted Skies - a lead from Kathy Mitchell and Barbara Swanston

Humphrey Wynn, author, Forged in War, A history of Royal Air Force Transport Command 1943-1947

Bill Zuk , historian, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

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Others - some of the 125+ men and women featured in these booksErnest Allen, Welland, ON - BCATP, 1-Tripper, drew long straw, took boat to England, founder - Welland’s Seaway Mall

Mike Allen, son of Ernest, retired 2014 from Seaway Mall holding company; provided his father’s information

M. B. "Jock" Barclay TCA Captain on RAF FC flight, a lead from HarryCooper

Howard Baker, Port Hawkesbury, NS - deceased, Jan. 30th,

2013 at age 99, RAF FC, radio operator

D.C.T. Bennett, leader of original group of civilian aircrews, from England to USA and Canada, 1940

Willie Bidell Wing Commander, RAF FC early, lost at sea, 2nd

pilot for Commando - aircraft assigned to ChurchillLouis Bisson RAF FC pioneer, top “bush” pilot, became a priest, bridge between Montréal and Laval, QC bears his name … his

frontier-expanding flights provided new access across remote regions of Canada to develop air routes overseas

Vicki Bouchard, Victoria, BC, brother Wayne, in New Westminster, BC and cousin Garry Stockdill, Yorkshire, England

Frederick Bowhill, Sir, Air Chief Marshall, RAF Ferry Command

Alex Bowie RAF FC Navigator, information from Scottish Saltire Branch ACA # 162

Bradbrook Captain, and others, re a fatality

Roslyn Lloyd George Browne RAF FC, see KeithThompson

Terence Malcolm Bulloch, RAF - seconded to RAF FC as 1-Tripper, made many flights later

Dennis Burke, Dublin, leads to Wyndham and others below

Bob Care, Oakville, ON, [email protected], his dad, Fred, was one of Commando’s pilots.

Commando ferried Prime Minister Winston Churchill - SEE VanDerKloot. After WW II, Fred became

an early business partner with Tim Horton, of Hortons‘ fame … selling new cars with Tim before Timsold his first donut. Bob generously provided a high-resolution copy for this book. Cover at right: No.

90, THE STORY OF NO. 45 GROUP, ROYAL AIR FORCE, a rare, now out-of-print book of which only

500 copies were produced.

Observation - the words Ferry and Command do not appear on the cover of this publication, which is considered one of

two “official” histories of the operation.

Henry R. Carlyle, OBE, American, RAF FC pilot, Dorion, QC, radio operator, DVA, Canada web site

Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of England

Jacqueline (Jackie) Cochrane - the only woman pilot welcomed in the cockpit as a co-pilot during a delivery flight

Bob Coffman, RAF FC, 2nd pilot, lost with Ron Snow and rescued with him, from Alex Bowie

A. Colato, RAF FC, Flight Engineer, aircrew on Marco Polo

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Bob Conger, Atlantic Bridge book source, Aeroknow

Harry Cooper, from NetLetter , described February 1944 RAF FC flight back to Canada

John Cormack, Wick, Scotland

Spirit of Lockheed-Vega Employees material, link with Elizabeth-Ann McKay at John O’Groats and Caithness Journal

Diane Cranstoun, Alberta, photo of cemetery, RAF FC crash in Scotland

Pete Dawson, Vancouver Island, tape-recorded interview with Gord Stemson Walt Davidson, RAF FC, flew with Willie Bidell

George G. Denton, friend of Alec Dame and SheldonLuck

Punch Dickens, ATFERO - remembered Sheldon Luck, as noted in Sheldon’s two biographies, Walking on Air and Pilot of

Fortune

Murray Benjamin Dilley, RAF FC, Pilot, flew Hudson AM864

L. B. Doherty, civilian RAF FC radio operator

Leonard Dorion, radio operator, from Veterans Affairs Canada web site, lead to HenryCarlyle

http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/video-gallery/video/7816

Elizabeth Easton, wife Upton, RAF FC weather forecasting

"Kelly" Edmison, 2nd Captain, RAF FC return flight, see above: Cooper, Barclay

Harold E. Emigh, RAF FC pilot - later was Trojan aircraft builder in Colorado, built 85 airplanes

Louise Erdely, lead to Alexander Albulet, a family friend - d. July 2013 - Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada: R/O with the RAF FCWilliam Erdelyi, - R/O with RAF FC, Louise’s father-in-law

George P. Evans, OBE - from Thea Strassburg, uncle to CharlieKotsaftis

Captain Evans was the pilot of airplane named Marco Polo; he often flew with Don McVicar who credited him as being

the best instrument pilot ever … Captain Evans’ plane disappeared into the Atlantic Ocean on July 4th,1945

H. J. Farley, Flight Lieutenant, RAF FC, on the Marco Polo flight to Chunking, China

Bill Fernie, Wick, Scotland - see Caithness.org group - Hilland Primary School

Allen Flowers crewed with - see above - Willie Bidell - 1st

Liberator delivery

LLoyd Freckleton, RAF FC pilot

Karen Frew-Thompson, Adairsville, GA, US - lead to KeithRodgers - see below

Val Frost, Ottawa:

Father, David Harry Archibald, and Mother, Winnifred (Pat) Keegan-Archibald, TCA, seconded to RAF FC Dorval, QC

Liz Fryer, Kitchener, ON, Canada - daughter of Art Jones, Waterloo, ON, sister of Alan Jones Michele Garrigan

Dick Gentry

Barry M. Goldwater, died in 1988, aged 89. The existence of other allied ferry or ferrying commands often confused

those searching for information on the RAF FC. Goldwater had been assigned as a pilot to an organization which was

called Ferry Command, but it was not the RAF FC … http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Goldwater:

In an obituary on his death, which Washington Post staff writer Bart Barnes wrote on Page A01 of its Saturday,

May 30th, 1998 edition, and which also appeared on-line at

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/daily/may98/goldwater30.htm

During World War II, Mr. Goldwater tried but was unable to get a combat flying assignment. He did get an

assignment to the Ferry Command, a newly formed unit made up mostly of overage pilots who delivered

aircraft and supplies to war zones all over the world, and he spent most of the war flying between the UnitedStates and India, via the Azores and North Africa or South America, Nigeria and Central Africa. Hugh (Hughie) Green, England TV game show host was RCAF pilot, seconded to RAF FC

Carlisle Edgar Grafton

Basil Hall, RAF FC Captain

James Stewart Hansen, RAF FC radio operator, seconded from RAAF

Nora Hansen, Barrie, ON, Canada: provided background on her Father, James and introduced Art Jones to this project

John Frederick (Arthur) Hayes, RAAF - India, early 1944, where he was seconded to RAF FC

Keith Louis Bate Hodson

Joan Hunter, daughter, Cyril JosephStamp

Oliver Simon Huss, RAF FC Captain, d, North Dakota, USA, 30 trips, lost at sea Monday, Nov.-30th, 1942 - a lead from


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D. Jacklin,

a member of the RAF Bircham Newton Memorial Project

Adele Jardine, Cornwall, Prince Edward Island, lead to Edison MacLennan

Alan Jones, Kitchener, ON, son of Art Jones

Art Jones, 92, RAF FC, R/O, Waterloo, ON, seconded from Royal Australian Air Force…

trained under British Commonwealth Air Training Plan as 1-Tripper, joined pool of RAF FC radio operators

Mickey Jones, friend of Arthur Symons, RAF FC, Caribbean, a BOAC pilotKirk Kerkorian, Los Angeles, CA - RAF FC pilot - b June 6th, 1917, d June 16th, 2015 - 10 days into his 98th year

Ed Kern, RAF FC, flew with Bidell

Charlie Kotsaftis, Aunt is Thea Strassburg, uncle is George Evans, Charlie provided fascinating write-up on George

Gerry LaFlamme (maintenance), Ferry Command Association, Canadair

Ed Landsell, many pix, RAF FC various bases

Ken Lebeau, RAF FC, crewed with Willie Bidell, 1st

Liberator delivery

Albert Leeward, brother of Ray Leeward, also RAF FC pilot

John Leeward, son of Ray Leeward

Linda Raye Leeward-Zibelli, daughter of Ray Leeward, see Joe Zibelli

Ray Leeward, RAF FC Pilot - the Leeward brothers were pioneers in converting used bombers to business aircraft in the USA

Frank Leigh

Malcolm Lewis, Wolverhampton, England, through Wick re Spirit of Lockheed-Vega Employees - RAF Squadron #269Al John Lilly, RAF FC test pilot, later chief test pilot, Canadair when it was owned by the Canadian government and

the first Canadian jet pilot to break the sound barrier on Wed., August 9th, 1950, over Montréal, QC, Canada

Littlejohn First Officer RAF FC, lead from Alex Bowie

George Lothian, early ATFERO pilot, later Trans-Canada Air Lines

Paul Lowman, Danish pilot, in 1938 he taught a lion how to aqua-plane, made headlines

Roderick MacGregor, from Burke, Paul Newman information

Arthur Reginald MacWilliams, from Terry Burke, Ireland - Paul Newman information

Ken McClelland, seconded to RAF FC from RCAF, posted with his new bride, Edith Aitchison, in Nassau

Edison MacLennan, lead from his niece, Adele Jardine

Ernest Archibald "PeeWee" McNab, Squadron Leader, seconded to RAF FC July 21st

, 1942, pilot - DFC, OBE

NOTE FROM: http://flyingforyourlife.com/pilots/ww2/mc/mcnab/website

“Other Canadians, members of the Royal Air Force, have already distinguished themselves and won coveted

decorations … McNab is the first member of the R.C.A.F. to take to the skies against the Germans in this war.”

Patrick McTaggart-Cowan , respectfully known as “Dr. McFog”, ATFERO - RAF FC

noted Canadian meteorologist, in Gander, NL

Roland Masse RAF FC, 1943 radio operator, lead from Gander Airport Historical Society - GAHS Jimmy Mattern, delivered the Spirit of Lockheed-Vega Employees T9465 to Canada on Wed., Dec. 25th, 1940,

and also delivered the 1st and 1,000th Hudson bombers to Canada

C.P. Meagher RAF FC, radio operator, crew with Marco Polo

Kathy Mitchell, daughter, Gordon Upton

Bill Moore RAF FC pilot joined 1943, Lebanon, FL, USA

Dominique Agrinier Mouligné, France - her father was Jean Mouligné

Jean Mouligné, France - piloted 75 crossings as an aircrew member of the RAF FC

Erik Douglas Nilson, one of early civilians hired by Canadian Pacific Railway’s ATFERO

shift supervisor and civilian navigator / mechanic, one of few who told his family that he was sworn to secrecy , so he did

not tell his family much at all about his service with the RAF FC - see Linda Nilson-Rogers below

Linda Nilson-Rogers, Mississippi Mills, ON - Canada, lead to her father, Erik Douglas Nilson

Leif Kaare Pay, from Paul Newman

Clyde Edward Pangborn, Senior RAF FC captain, delivered 170 bombers

Kenneth Albert Graham Prater, RAF FC, Warrant Officer, pilot, died in take-off crash in Cornwall, England, 1945

Jim Reid at www.War44.com - his grandfather delivered fighters and Lancaster bombers

Ian Roberts - NJ, USA, paramedic, son of Geoffrey A. S.Roberts,

Geoffrey A. S. Roberts, American RAF FC pilot - one of the pilots assigned to the AL504 Commando and

Churchill on a number of occasions; began as a wireless operator for RAF FC

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Alan Rodgers, RAF FC, Flight Engineer, Otley, Yorkshire, England, the navigator on his aircraft was killed by

German anti-aircraft guns as his plane neared the coast of Normandy; its First Officer was wounded

Keith Rodgers brother to Alan Rodgers, who researched about his brother, see KarenFrew-Thompson

Franklin Delano Roosevelt, American President at start of WW II

Ellspeth Russell, from Pierre Thiffault, she joined the ATA in Canada

Anne Sarsfield, civilian whose dad, John Redmond Sarsfield, was in RAF FCJohn Redmond Sarsfield, RAF FC

Gordon Saunders RAF FC, navigator, from The Contact, RCAF 8 Wing, Trenton, ON, Canada

Alex Scott, RAF Squadron 269 in Wick, saw Spirit of Lockheed-Vega Employees - signatures on inside panels

Bud Scouten, RAF FC, later Canadair test pilot

John R. Scott, (Maj., retired) 25 years RCAF, National Governor Air Cadet League of Canada, Chair Ontario Aviation Committee

Jim Scouten, son of Bud Scouten

Larry Sellick, Ottawa, ON - RAF FC, instrument technician, RAF FC 1942 - 1945,

and the ONLY teenager out of 14 teens recruited to serve an apprenticeship within the RAF FC

Owen Sherry, Sat-July 4th

, 1942 - fatal Mitchell Bomber FL 214 crash

Cyril Joseph Stamp , father of JoanHunter

M. J. C. Stanley, Wing Commander, seconded to RAF FC from RAF

E. Stafford RAF FC, Captain, lead from Jacobus Maarschalkerweerd, DenmarkGord Stemson, RAF FC - aircrew, from Peter Dawson, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada - concerning an air search by aircraft crew

on a Return Ferry Service - RFS - flight, looking for the German battleship Bismarck

George Stockdill, served with RAF FC in Gander, NL, Canada, and in Bermuda … from his daughter, Theah Strassburg,

St. Louis, Missouri, aunt to Charlie Kotsaftis. Her grandfather was George Evans; she wrote about him on her

Facebook Page, March 15th, 2014: My grandfather, George Evans, flew for the RAF Ferry Command. His plane

disappeared into the Atlantic on July 4, 1945. Neither his plane nor any remnants of it were ever found.

Barbara Swanston, Campbell River, BC, Canada, leads to her dad, Kenneth Charles Young

Charles Marinus Sundby RAF FC Captain, promoted March 1943, 600 trips into China

Eric Charles Sundby, nephew of Charles

Arthur Randy Symons, pilot seconded from RCAF, youngest of

three Symons brothers who served with Ferry Command, friend of Mickey Jones, RAF FC, Caribbean

Don Teel, OBE, RAF FC Captain, info from Alex Bowie

Pierre Thiffault, Montréal QC, Canada, lead to ATA women pilot, Elspeth Russell

Pierre also provided information about a young RAF FC employee who fell from the bomb bay of a bomber, onto ice

on Lake St. Louis - now Lac-St-Louis, QC, soon after the bomber took off from nearby Dorval airport, and survived.

Keith Thompson, RAF FC, Flying Officer

Robert Toombs, White Rock, BC, Canada, collector of RAF FC mailed envelopes

Harry Traynor RAF FC Captain

Myros Tuchak, RAF FC- Flying Officer, commended for valuable services - lead from Air Force Association of Canada

Gordon Upton, Navigator, RAF FC, seconded from the RAAF, married Elizabeth Easton

Kathy Mitchell, Australia, Gordon Upton’s daughter, provided the information

John Varner, Special Collections & Archives, Auburn University, Auburn, AL,

Ralph Brown Draughon Library Richard K. Smith papers

Bill Walker Canadian Military Aircraft Serials, http://www.rwrwalker.ca

Dorothy White, wife of late George White, FAC FC radio operator

Wright, RAF FC, FL Engineer, aircrew on Marco Polo

John Steen Wyndham, RAF FC, R/O, seconded from the Canadian Infantry Corps, Boucherville, QC and Gander, NL

Kenneth Charles Young, trained under the BCATP in Canada, seconded from Royal Australian Air Force

to RAF FC, from daughter Barbara Swanston

Joe Zibelli, put me in contact with his former wife, Linda Raye Leeward-Zibelli, leading to the Leeward family

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Alexander Albulet, civilian from Louise Erdely

http://gmic.co.uk/

Herbert Lawson Blakely - Britain and Canada

Moderator, Gentleman’s Military Interest Club - Great Britain & Commonwealth Realms

Canada, New Zealand & Australia Medals & Militaria ________________________________________________________________________________________

Other sourcesGerald Champniss, RAF FC, First Officer, flew with civilian RAF FC pilots Bendall, Dalton, Dobbin,

Fitzgerald and Newkirk, and with RAF FC’s # 231 Telecommunications Squadron, from his son, Kim ClarkChampniss

Kin Clark Champniss, Canadian television personality and musician, VJ for MuchMusic in the 1980s

Carl Christie, author, Ocean Bridge: The History of RAF Ferry Command - Oct. 11th, 1997

Clarence Rudolf Dobbin

Art Jones - Waterloo, ON, 92 - seconded from the Royal Australian Air Force to RAF FC as radio operator

O.P. Jones, RAF FC Captain, Chief Pilot, pre-war Imperial Airways

Kirk Kerkorian, Los Angeles, CA, no longer with us

lured to Canada by advertisement placed by the international Clayton-Knight Committee

Louis Lang, one of the few veterans still with us, born 1922, radio operator, RAF FC … he

… successfully waged a 20+ year-long battle with bureaucracy to obtain full rights and privileges by 1980 for Ferry

Command air crews and all others who served on aircraft in other capacities - said he “… was amazed to learn in the

fall of 2014 that Canada’s Minister of Veterans’ Affairs did not even know about the RAF FC.”

Sheldon Luck, First Chief Pilot, Canadian Pacific Air Lines, delivery pilot RAF FC, later transferred to

#231 Telecommunications Squadron … operational division of RAF FC … earned King’s Commendation; became

known as Churchill’s personal mailman wherever Churchill flew out of England, subject of two biographies: Walking

on Air (1986); a new version re-titled Pilot of Fortune, published as an expanded book in 2009: three chapters of his

service within the RAF FC appear in Book 1 - Earth Angels Rising.

Tommy Mahan

Don McVicar - probably the most prolific pilot / author to come out of the RAF FC

Donna McVicar-Kazo, Don McVicar’s daughter, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA

works with her brother Gordon and her daughter Christianna Cannon in publishing web sites about her father, along

with publishing updated and new versions of his books dealing with the RAF FC - More on the next page

Peter Monahan, source for Blakely

Mowat RAF FC, Flight Officer, crewed with Willie Bidell

Frederick Scrafton - See Ron Snow

TimSims

Ron Snow, Radio Operator, RAF FC - Ancaster, ON

Rick Smith, source for Crafton

George Stockdill

George White RAC FC, radio operator, his wife isDorothy

John Steen (Jack) Wyndham radio operator, seconded as a navigator from Canadian army

Greg, grandson to Wyndham

Ted Barris, lead from John Scott, prolific author on Canada’s role in WW II ______________________________________________________________________________________________________

MiscellaneousFrom Terry Baker’s NETLETTER, item dated December 3

rd, 1944, in the Lancaster TCA-100 of the Canadian Government

Trans- Atlantic Air Service. The TCA pilots were Captain M. B. "Jock" Barclay with 2nd

Captain being "Kelly" Edmison.

John Fisher, from Jock Barclay, TCA captain, concerning airmail service in support of RAF FC, 1944

From Gordon McVicar, other RAF FC personnel, from his website - http://www.donmcvicar.com/survivor.htm

Capt. Don Douglas, Richmond, BC, Canada

Capt. Herb Huston, Long Island, NY, USA

Capt. Don Teel, Palm Beach, FL, USA

Capt. Paul L. Lowman, S. Miami, F/L (RCAF)

Art Teulon, Ft. Lauderdale, F/L

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FL R/N John J. McGrail, Ottawa, ON, Canada.

Jerry LaGrave, Rawdon, QC, Canada F/E

Tom Colohan, Dorval, QC- Nav (RCAF)

A.J. Fry, Long Sault, ON 1/O

Fred Hotson, Toronto, ONGwen Heinrich, Kirkland, QC

Capt. A.F. Jarrett, Charleston, WV, USA

F/E Frank Staskow, Pointe Claire, QC

Alex Reeve, Langley, BC

Tony Westmacott, Victoria, BC

Don Clarkson, Saltspring Island, BC

Glynn Jones, Sydney, BC

R/N Norm Grover, Ottawa, ON

Bill Baker

Jeff Heinrich R/N (RCAF)

Bob Walker, Hudson Heights, QC R/O

W.R. Lohnes, BC

Capt. LLoyd Freckleton, Mission, BC R/O

Jean Lalande, Maple Ridge, BC

Capt. F/L (RCAF) Allan G. McCrae, Etobicoke, ON

Nav. F/L (RCAF) E.E.

(Ted) Biss, Mississauga, ON F/L (RCAF)Edgar (Ed) Gordon Levy, Cornwall, ON

G.A. (Bud) Heck, New Smyrna Beach, FL

F/O Jim Ross

Norman Lucas, Vankleek Hill, ON

Henry Flory

Andre Duchesnay, Montréal, QC

F/L R/N (R.C.A.F.) Art Manwaring, Toronto, ON

Herb Huston

Art Jarrett Oonah McFee

John McGrail

C.N. ‘Slim” Munson

Bill Whipps

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RCAF Association

Royal Canadian Air Force Association web page - http://rcafassociation.ca/uploads/airforce/2009/07/ALPHA- GI.GL.html:

Frank S. Adams, Crew Chief, RAF FC

George Brown, R/O, RAF FC

Richard Coates, R/O, RAF FC

John McIntyre, R/O, RAF FC

Alec Paddon Gibbs, RAF FC, Flight Sergeant, June 1943 to August 1945

George MacDougall Gillespie, Squadron Leader, RAF FC, June 1943 to August 1945 (instructor and flight commander)

William Lorne Gillespie, RAF FCL.H. Warriner, awarded AFC for Ferry Command

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http://www.google.ca/cse?cx=partner-pub-

3123997639891114:6450456476&ie=UTF-

8&q=Ferry+Command&sa=Search&ref=&gws_rd=cr&ei=vg_7VPjqG8KdygTkk4KIBA#gsc.tab=0&gsc.q=Fer

After entering the words “ferry command” into a search engine, this web site links the searcher to the North Atlantic

Aviation Museum web site dedicated to preserving one of the world’s few remaining Hudson bombers. The museum

is in Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

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Donna McVicar-Kazo [email protected] McVicar-Kazo, Fort Lauderdale, Florida,

USA: Her father is Don McVicar, of the more prolific pioneer civilian pilots of the

RAF FC. She has spent many years making certain that her dad’s books on the

RAF FC not only be preserved, but re-published in their entirety. One of her web

sites containing many never-before- published photographs, graphics and other

memorabilia is at http://www.donnamcvicarkazo.com/aviationgallery.html

http://rcafassociation.ca/uploads/airforce/2009/07/ALPHA-GI.GL.html

http://www.google.ca/cse?cx=partner-pub-3123997639891114%3A6450456476&ie=UTF-8&q=Ferry%2BCommand&sa=Search&ref&gws_rd=cr&ei=vg_7VPjqG8KdygTkk4KIBA%23gsc.tab%3D0&gsc.q=Fer





http://www.donnamcvicarkazo.com/aviationgallery.html

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The photo at right - bottom of previous page - is the first one which appears on this website, showing, fro

left: Don McVicar, D.C.T. Bennett, C.H. 'Punch' Dickens, and Griffith 'Taffy' Powell, skilled pilots an

aviation heroes, at the 1980 Ferry Command Reunion in Dorval, QC, Canada. She, along with her brothe

Gordon McVicar - www.donmcvicar.com, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC, Canada, and her daughte

Christianna Cannon, work in unison in preserving her Dad’s works.

Photo above left “My dad, Don McVicar, with his very own De Havilland Mosquito which he raced across the US in pursuit of th

Bendix Trophy, 1948. He wrote about this adventure, which almost took his life, in his book, Mosquito Racer … published by Airli

- now out of print. My mission is to republish all 13 of Dad's highly regarded aviation memoirs, first on the Kindle format, and on

day, as bound books again.”

CAUTION: All of Ms McVicar-Kazo’s material is protected by copyright - © - and permission is needed from her fo

commercial reproduction by others: commercial production means the financial payment to a third party for using her graph

and / or text for private financial gain. W hen it comes to copying her material for personal use, it would be courteou

to seek her consent to download into a personal home computer.

NB: Please see below for Donna’s new publishing venture on Father’s Day, Sun, June 21st

, 2015

concerning all copyright materiaThe google.com search engine web page address below shows many Royal Air Force - Ferry Command images … many of these

images - graphics, photographs and video clips - are in the public domain and can be used for commercial purposes … however

it’s highly recommended that a searcher carefully review any graphic / photograph, or video clip to determine whether what is

shown is in fact public domain or copyrighted.

https://www.google.ca/search?q=ferry+command&biw=1085&bih=579&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=y8

ATVebCCYTlggTXuoQI&sqi=2&ved=0CFMQsAQ

The yahoo.com and bing.com search engines yield similar results

https://ca.images.search.yahoo.com/search/images;_ylt=A0LEV2gg9xNVXpIAaIHrFAx.?p=Ferry+Command&fr=yfp-t-

684&fr2=piv-web

NOTE: The vast majority of information which can be obtained from internet searching is truly free of charge … a number

exceptions exist however with some archives and aviation /

military museums, such as the Imperial War Museum in

England, and possibly, the RAF historical section.

RIGHT: a snip shot of the above google.com URL showing

the words FERRY COMMAND in the google search engine

bar, and a small hint at what’s inside this particular page.

ALSO NOTE: For those new to search engines,requests of a search engine can be made by

keyboarding UPPER and / or lower case, as the

programming language used by search engines ignores

UPPER and lower case and treats every request made as

if it had been keyboarded in lower case.

http://www.donmcvicar.com/


https://www.facebook.com/pages/De-Havilland-Mosquito/186150124906591

http://www.google.ca/search?q=ferry%2Bcommand&biw=1085&bih=579&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=y8

https://ca.images.search.yahoo.com/search/images%3B_ylt%3DA0LEV2gg9xNVXpIAaIHrFAx.?p=Ferry%2BCommand&fr=yfp-t-684&fr2=piv-web





http://www.google.ca/search?q=ferry%2Bcommand&biw=1085&bih=579&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=y8

https://www.facebook.com/pages/De-Havilland-Mosquito/186150124906591





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Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador: world’s ONLY museum to be dedicated exclusively to the RAF Ferry Command

North Atlantic Aviation Museum

135 Trans-Canada Highway, P.O. Box 234, Gander, NL - A1V 1W6

Telephone: (709) 256-2923 - Fax: (709) 256-8561Email: [email protected]

About Robert (Bob) Whitfield Briggs

From his early years supporting bush operations with Maritime Central Airways in Greenland and

northern Canada during DEW Line construction, Robert Whitfield Briggs joined Eastern Provincia

Airways (EPA) at Gander in 1954. Already an aircraft mechanic and flight engineer, he obtained his

Aircraft Maintenance Engineer (AME) license in 1955 and ‘B’ license in 1965. He added his radio

operator’s license and private pilot license, and eventually served as AME flight engineer, AME crew chief, planning manager

quality assurance manager and director of technical services for EPA.

By the time he left EPA in 1979, Bob had accumulated a raft of AME endorsements, ranging from the WWII-era PBY-5A flying

boat to Boeing’s then-newest 737. He launched Briggs Aero

Limited in 1980, offering line maintenance, repair and overhauservices for all types of aircraft, from the classic bush planes of yesteryear, through the supersonic Concorde and 'Beluga

Super Transporter to the Boeing 777. Briggs Aero held contracts with airlines across the U.S., Europe and Africa.

Bob served as instructor for the aircraft maintenance program at the College of the North Atlantic, Gander Campus, from

1986 through 1990. He is a past recipient of the Earl Blakney Aviall Canada Ltd. Award for outstanding performance in aircraft

maintenance and, in 2004, was inducted into the Canadian Aircraft Maintenance Engineers Hall of Fame.

He officially retired in 2011 after 60 years in the aviation industry, but remains active in the community. He has served on

the Board of the North Atlantic Aviation Museum since 1987 and currently sits as its President. He has also held board

positions with the Gander and Area Chamber of Commerce, Gander Rod and Gun Club and Aircraft Maintenance Engineers

Association, and memberships in the Aeronautics and Space Institute and Canadian Rangers.

In 2013, the Town of Gander named Briggs Street in the Eastgate subdivision in his honour, recognizing his lifetime

contribution to the aerospace industry and his dedication to preserving and promoting Gander's aviation heritage.

Soon major changes will show up at the museum, “A” on

the google maps photo at right - located a short distance

west of the Gander International Airport

http://northatlanticaviationmuseum.com/atlantic-

ferry-command/

LEFT a photo from one of the museum’s web pages

showing its Lockheed Hudson bomber, staff and

supporters … http://www.ganderairport.com/about-

giaa/history-growth/

From the museum’s main web site: Gander’s beginnings date back to 1936 when the construction of the international airpor

began in earnest. By the end of 1937, a 900-person team had begun construction. A few years later the airfield had four pavedrunways - the largest airport in the world at the time. On January 11, 1938, the first airplane landed at Gander. It was a Fox

Moth VO-ADE, operated by Imperial Airways for the Newfoundland Government and flown by Captain Douglas Fraser.

By the outbreak of war in September 1939, Gander was ready for civil operations. The value of a functioning airport in such a

strategic position was unique. Gander was the only operative airport in the Maritimes.

Thus, the airport at Gander became the main staging point for the movement of Allied aircraft to Europe during World War

II. Gander’s location on the Great Circle Route made it an ideal wartime refuelling and maintenance depot for bombers flying

overseas.

Top left of page: Bob sent a sketch of what the proposed building could look like - it will be named …

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NOTE: Canada’s Aviation Hall of Fame - http://cahf.ca/

The Belt of Orion Award for Excellence was founded by Canada's

Aviation Hall of Fame in 1988 to honour organizations, groups,societies or associations who have made outstanding contributions to

the advancement of aviation in Canada. When the manuscripts are

completed, copies will be sent to Canada’s Aviation Hall of Fame at

6426 - 40 Ave., Wetaskiwin, Alberta Canada, with a request that the names of the civilians and seconded military

personnel who served in the RAF FC be entered into the Hall’s prestigious Belt of Orion Award for Excellence. If any

group deserves such an accolade, it is the men and women featured and presented in this work.

______________

About Frank Tibbo: The following bio-bit - in italics - about Frank is quoted from a November 2005

review of his 206-page book, Charlie Baker George , the story of a Sabena Airlines DC-4 crash inNewfoundland in 1946, which claimed the lives of 26 of its 44 passengers… his … ‘ life has been involved

with aviation. He has worked with Aviation Meteorological Services and spent most of his working life as

an Air Traffic Controller. He first became aware of the mysterious crash of Sabena OOCBG while working

in the Control Tower of Gander International Airport. The more he learned about flying (Commercial Pilot’s Licence in

1969), the more intriguing the case of the Sabena became. He has been a newspaper columnist since 1992 and has

written more than 600 articles on his favourite subject - Aviation.’

For those interested in the comings and goings of the RAF FC, Frank has compiled

a digitized 409-page history of Gander, which is located in the Canadian province

of Newfoundland and Labrador, on Canada’s North Atlantic Ocean coast. It

contains more than 200 newspaper columns which he wrote for the Gander

Beacon since 1992. These well-written, informative, and intriguing columns

contain much information concerning the Royal Air Force’s Ferry Command

operation, right from its earliest set-up days in 1940.

It contains a total of 67 separate entries dealing exclusively with the Royal Air

Force’s Ferry Command operation - from its earliest beginnings, and 116

separate entries summarizing the Royal Canadian Air Force’s contributions to

the Gander airport, the surrounding community of families and the RAF FC.

England’s Prime Minister Winston Churchill once described Newfoundland as the

“largest aircraft carrier in the world’s oceans.” Quite an accolade for this island,

which was a former colony of the United Kingdom. When it became Canada’s 10th province on Thursday, March 31st, 1949, it was re-named Newfoundland and

Labrador.

All proceeds from the sales of Frank’s 10 Mb PDF document - which downloads easily as an e-mail attachment - are

going to the Central Northeast Health Foundation. All of these articles and photographs are available on-line from Frank

… by contacting him and donating $10.00 to the Central Northeast Health Foundation. If you are interested in obtaining

a copy, mail off a cheque - payable to the Central Northeast Health Foundation, along with a note containing your e-mail

address, to Frank Tibbo, 37 Raynham Ave., Gander, NL - A1V 2J3. Or you can send him an e-mail at

[email protected] and he will get back to you.

http://cahf.ca/




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Note: The file is copyright-protected - © - by Frank, and must be for your own personal use ONLY - not commercial

reproduction … it will be e-mailed to you as soon as your cheque is received.

A hint of some of his stories besides those of the RAF FC: Fighter aircraft and turrs; a submarine in Gander

Lake; bomber at the bottom of Gander Lake; Gander’s first child; flight refueling; McNamara’s; mining therunways; sabotage; spies; The Bismarck; German aircraft overhead; Pigeon Squadron; jumping without

parachutes; the Commonwealth Graves; Gander’s Pal the Heroic Dog; Joey’s Pigs; Sunday school student

in Jail; Censored Mail; bombs dropping on Soulis Pond; Lancaster tragedy; Lord Haw Haw; liquor and

goats; Gander’s UFO; Sabena crash; Honey Bucket incident; Gander’s historic Houses; Blue Jay; WV-2 crash; the Czech

crash; Arrow Air; plans to invade Gander; Union East; $50 for a building lot; murder at the Airport; The Airport Club …

and many others.

Here’s an interesting one - from Project Gutenberg: a free, 80-page on-line mystery e-bookfor the young ones today - or for anyone who likes reading a good adventure / mystery …

this one dealing with the allied air force ferrying operations, and the roles women - and

some men - played in ferrying aircraft within their own countries. No allied air force of WW

II allowed women to ferry fighter aircraft and bombers overseas, thus forcing the creation of

what became known as an Air Transport Auxiliary - ATA - unit, ferrying aircraft within

individual nations or from their manufacturers, as in the case of England, to various theatres of war.

One of the chapters in this quartet of books is dedicated to the valiant women who did their very best to try and

convince the all-male air crew component, and senior commanders of the Royal Air Force and its Ferry Command that

women pilots were the equal to male pilots when it came to flying multi-engine bombers and fighter aircraft: but the

mind-set and temper of the times was not what it has become today, where gender equality is now a natural given. That

chapter, which is in Book 1 - Earth Angels Rising - is titled No place for a lady in the cockpit .

What is the Gutenberg Project? -

https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:About

Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael

Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and his memory continues

to inspire the creation of eBooks and related technologies today.

And, from its web page, its Mission Statement is as simple as A, B and C:

To encourage the creation and distribution of eBooks.

Sparky Ames of Ferry Command - a 1943 book - now in Public Domain from

Gutenberg Project web site

Located at http://www.gutenberg.org/files/47793/47793-h/47793-h.htm

Project Gutenberg's Sparky Ames of the Ferry Command, by Roy J. Snell

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/47793/47793-h/47793-h.htm

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/47793/47793-h/47793-h.htm




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This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most other parts of the world at no cost and with

almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg

License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org. If you are not located in the United States, you'll have

to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this e-book.

Sparky Ames of the Ferry Command

Sparky Ames and Mary Mason of the Ferry Command

Author: Roy J. Snell - Illustrator: Erwin L. Darwin - Release Date: December 27, 2014 [EBook #47793]

*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK SPARKY AMES OF THE FERRY COMMAND ***

Produced by Stephen Hutcheson, Rick Morris, Rod Crawford, Dave Morgan and the Online Distributed Proofreading

Team at http://www.pgdp.net

FIGHTERS FOR FREEDOM Series

Copyright, 1943 by WHITMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY - RACINE, WISCONSIN, USA - Printed in the U.S.A.

AUTHOR’S NOTE: Friday, June 19th, 2015: Every time it looks like the research for this project is done, something new

seems pops up , such as these two web sites … from three interesting men - one from England and two it seems, from

France … their web sites are dedicated to the RAF Transport Command with

a primary focus on the venerable Douglas DC-3 - or “The Dak” … Dakota

aircraft … definitely worth a look for those interested in this magnificent

operation … try this Facebook page … above right …

https://www.facebook.com/RafTransportCommandMemorial

and this web site … at right

http://www.raftransportcommandmemorial.com/

Kudos to their creators … David Petters, Thibault Renier and Guillaime D’Hoore - a hearty welcome as a new addition to

this appendix.

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NB: From earlier note on Donna McVicar - On Sunday, June 21st, Donna marked the

100th birthday of her late dad, Captain Don McVicar, KC, OBE, by re-publishing one of

his eight books, the first two of which deal with his experiences in the RAF FC … it is

Ferry Command Pilot - cover photo at right … She proudly writes:

“I, along with his granddaughter Christianna Cannon, founded Words on Wings Press,

LLC, to re-publish his thrilling autobiographical aviation books.

“We are proud to announce that the third, enhanced edition of Ferry Command Pilot

is now available as a trade paperback - 6" x 9" - through Amazon's CreateSpace

publishing platform.

“This edition contains the first index of any of Capt. McVicar's books, helping readers to easily find many interesting

entries, to include a never-before published list of RAF Ferry Command aircrew who are in this volume. This was a dream

of mine that took at least six tries: just so much good info in Dad's books!








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“Also, this edition features more illustrations - maps and photos which have not been previously published.

“Listed at US $12.99, the book will be discounted to US $9.99 if one uses the Shop Now button at the top of the pages

for Ferry Command Pilot or Captain Don McVicar, OBE, and when you check out, use Discount Code BYBUD5SX. This

offer is only good until June 27th, 2015!

“Or one can visit the new home of Don McVicar's Aviation Books, www.wordsonwingspress.com to learn more andshop through the website! Happy reading to you!” Words on Wings Press - Home of Don McVicar's Aviation Books -

wordsonwingspress.com .”

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The LAC - Library and Archives Canada … Canadian archives

Thanks to Andrew Elliott, Library and Archives Canada - Page 8 and update next page … this document - here are some

web sites which may help those looking for more information on the RAF Ferry Command and / or the RAF Transport

Command …

Ferry Command

http://collectionscanada.gc.ca/lac-

bac/results/arch.php?FormName=MIKAN+Items+Display&PageNum=1&SortSpec=score+desc&Language=eng&QueryParser=lac_mikan&Sources=mikan&Archives=&SearchIn_1=&SearchInText_1=Ferry+command&Operator_1=AND&SearchIn

_2=&SearchInText_2=&Operator_2=AND&SearchIn_3=&SearchInText_3=&Media=&Level=&MaterialDateOperator=afte

r&MaterialDate=&DigitalImages=&Source=&ResultCount=10&cainInd =

10 items have been digitized, and out of this, there are 8 fonds that list the term (including Sheldon Luck) …


bac/results/arch.php?module=arch&action=results&Language=eng&FormName=MIKAN+Items+Display&SortSpec=score

+desc&Language=eng&QueryParser=lac_mikan&Sources=mikan&Archives=&SearchIn_1=&SearchInText_1=Ferry+comm

and&Operator_1=AND&SearchIn_2=&SearchInText_2=&Operator_2=AND&SearchIn_3=&SearchInText_3=&Media=&M

aterialDateOperator=after&MaterialDate=&DigitalImages=&Source=&ResultCount=10&cainInd=&Level=Level.a_Fonds&PageNum=1

… as well as two accessions:


bac/results/arch.php?module=arch&action=results&Language=eng&FormName=MIKAN+Items+Display&SortSpec=score

+desc&Language=eng&QueryParser=lac_mikan&Sources=mikan&Archives=&SearchIn_1=&SearchInText_1=Ferry+comm

and&Operator_1=AND&SearchIn_2=&SearchInText_2=&Operator_2=AND&SearchIn_3=&SearchInText_3=&Media=&M

aterialDateOperator=after&MaterialDate=&DigitalImages=&Source=&ResultCount=10&cainInd=&Level=Level.e_Accessi

on&PageNum=1

Under a search for Transport Command RCAF, Andrew located the following hits …


bac/results/arch.php?FormName=MIKAN+Items+Display&PageNum=1&SortSpec=score+desc&Language=eng&QueryPar

ser=lac_mikan&Sources=mikan&Archives=&SearchIn_1=&SearchInText_1=RCAF+transport+command&Operator_1=AN

D&SearchIn_2=&SearchInText_2=&Operator_2=AND&SearchIn_3=&SearchInText_3=&Media=&Level=&MaterialDateOp

erator=after&MaterialDate=&DigitalImages=&Source=&ResultCount=10&cainInd=

… and he notes that of particular interest might be this collection …

http://collectionscanada.gc.ca/pam_archives/index.php?fuseaction=genitem.displayItem&lang=eng&rec_nbr=20550&re

c_nbr_list=20550 Also, you might the following interesting, in a govt. collection:

http://www.wordsonwingspress.com/

http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wordsonwingspress.com%2F&h=mAQHCrbr1&s=1

http://collectionscanada.gc.ca/lac-bac/results/arch.php?FormName=MIKAN+Items+Display&PageNum=1&SortSpec=score+desc&Language=eng&QueryParser=lac_mikan&Sources=mikan&Archives=&SearchIn_1=&SearchInText_1=Ferry+command&Operator_1=AND&SearchIn_2=&SearchInText_2=&Operator_2=AND&SearchIn_3=&SearchInText_3=&Media=&Level=&MaterialDateOperator=after&MaterialDate=&DigitalImages=&Source=&ResultCount=10&cainInd





http://collectionscanada.gc.ca/lac-bac/results/arch.php?module=arch&action=results&Language=eng&FormName=MIKAN+Items+Display&SortSpec=score+desc&Language=eng&QueryParser=lac_mikan&Sources=mikan&Archives=&SearchIn_1=&SearchInText_1=Ferry+command&Operator_1=AND&SearchIn_2=&SearchInText_2=&Operator_2=AND&SearchIn_3=&SearchInText_3=&Media=&MaterialDateOperator=after&MaterialDate=&DigitalImages=&Source=&ResultCount=10&cainInd=&Level=Level.a_Fonds&PageNum=1






http://collectionscanada.gc.ca/lac-bac/results/arch.php?module=arch&action=results&Language=eng&FormName=MIKAN+Items+Display&SortSpec=score+desc&Language=eng&QueryParser=lac_mikan&Sources=mikan&Archives=&SearchIn_1=&SearchInText_1=Ferry+command&Operator_1=AND&SearchIn_2=&SearchInText_2=&Operator_2=AND&SearchIn_3=&SearchInText_3=&Media=&MaterialDateOperator=after&MaterialDate=&DigitalImages=&Source=&ResultCount=10&cainInd=&Level=Level.e_Accession&PageNum=1






http://collectionscanada.gc.ca/lac-bac/results/arch.php?FormName=MIKAN+Items+Display&PageNum=1&SortSpec=score+desc&Language=eng&QueryParser=lac_mikan&Sources=mikan&Archives=&SearchIn_1=&SearchInText_1=RCAF+transport+command&Operator_1=AND&SearchIn_2=&SearchInText_2=&Operator_2=AND&SearchIn_3=&SearchInText_3=&Media=&Level=&MaterialDateOperator=after&MaterialDate=&DigitalImages=&Source=&ResultCount=10&cainInd





http://collectionscanada.gc.ca/pam_archives/index.php?fuseaction=genitem.displayItem&lang=eng&rec_nbr=20550&rec_nbr_list=20550



























http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wordsonwingspress.com%2F&h=mAQHCrbr1&s=1

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http://collectionscanada.gc.ca/pam_archives/index.php?fuseaction=genitem.displayItem&lang=eng&rec_nbr=135766&r

ec_nbr_list=135766

… and perhaps the following file.


Thanks again to Andrew, who is the archivist for Library and Archives Canada’s Economic, Security and Governance

Acquisitions Division, all the author’s research work which led to the production of the first and second biographies o

the late Sheldon Luck, the first Chief Pilot of Canadian Pacific Air Lines, and a member of the RAF Ferry / Transport

Command, has now been made available to the public … the biographies are Walking on Air, first published in Vernon

BC, in 1986, for which 4,800 copies of this 300-page high-quality paperback were sold, most of them west of Winnipeg

MB and its re-issuance in 2005, under a new title, Pilot of Fortune - PoF , again as a high-quality paperback but with 30

new pages and previously unpublished material and graphics … both books are no longer available on demand but PoF

may soon be re-issued.

Three chapters in each of the above biographies which came out of this material deal exclusively with Captain Luck’s

time spent with the RAF Ferry / Transport Command, with the second of those chapters focusing on what Captain Luck

knew as the RAF’s #231 Telecommunications Squadron … the one that handled moving very important persons and

cargo throughout North America …

Andrew confirmed that, as of Monday, July 20th, 2015, that all records within the Sheldon Luck - Ted Beaudoin fonds

have been opened.

This is the direct link to the fonds description:

http://collectionscanada.gc.ca/ourl/res.php?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&url_tim=2015-07-

20T19%3A26%3A15Z&url_ctx_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=104663&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fc

ollectionscanada.gc.ca%3Apam&lang=eng

The MIKAN number, for those who want to use it for reference purposes, is 104663 and the full archival reference

number is R5625-0-8-E.

Caption for the photo at right, which has been digitized: Captain Sheldon Luck with Mr. Robert

Service in front of Barkley - Grow T8P-1 aircraft CF-BMG 'Yukon King' of Yukon Southern Air

Transport Ltd.

http://collectionscanada.gc.ca/ourl/res.php?url_v Online MIKAN no. 3192048 (1 item)

er=Z39.88-

A finding aid will soon be attached to the fonds, and Andrew will advise when this is available.

Below, is the main link to the main search function for databases:

http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/search/Pages/search.aspx





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