Air Transport Command

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Air_Transport_Command

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:military_organization
gptkbp:activeYears	1942–1948
gptkbp:aircraft_operated	gptkb:aircraft gptkb:Consolidated_C-87_Liberator_Express gptkb:Douglas_C-47_Skytrain gptkb:Curtiss_C-46_Commando gptkb:Boeing_C-97_Stratofreighter
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:disbanded	1948
gptkbp:headquarters	gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Air Transport Command
gptkbp:mission	global air transport of personnel and materiel
gptkbp:notableCommander	gptkb:Brigadier_General_Cyrus_R._Smith gptkb:Major_General_Harold_L._George gptkb:Major_General_William_H._Tunner
gptkbp:notableOperation	gptkb:North_Atlantic_air_ferry_route gptkb:South_Atlantic_air_ferry_route gptkb:The_Hump_airlift
gptkbp:operatesIn	gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:United_States_Army_Air_Forces
gptkbp:predecessor	gptkb:Air_Corps_Ferrying_Command
gptkbp:role	air transport
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:Military_Air_Transport_Service
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Will_Rogers_Field
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5