RAF Ferry Command

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:aircraftTypesFerried gptkb:aircraft
gptkb:Lockheed_Hudson
gptkb:Consolidated_B-24_Liberator
gptkbp:collaboratedWith gptkb:Government_of_India
gptkb:United_States_Army_Air_Forces
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:disbanded 25 March 1943
gptkbp:formed 20 July 1941
gptkbp:headquartersLocation Dorval Airport, Montreal, Canada
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label RAF Ferry Command
gptkbp:mergedInto gptkb:RAF_Transport_Command
gptkbp:notableAchievement Delivered over 9,000 aircraft
Pioneered transatlantic ferry routes
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Air_Chief_Marshal_Sir_Frederick_Bowhill
Air Commodore Donald Bennett
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Bermuda
Açores (Azores)
Gander Airport, Newfoundland
Prestwick Airport, Scotland
gptkbp:notableOperation Transatlantic aircraft delivery
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Amy_Johnson
gptkb:Sir_Frederick_Bowhill
gptkb:Jackie_Cochran
gptkbp:operatesIn gptkb:Second_World_War
gptkbp:operationalTheatre gptkb:Europe
gptkb:North_America
gptkb:North_Atlantic
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:Royal_Air_Force
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Royal_Air_Force
gptkbp:predecessor Atlantic Ferry Organization
gptkbp:primaryMission ferrying aircraft from North America to the UK
gptkbp:role aircraft ferrying
gptkbp:successor gptkb:RAF_Transport_Command
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:North_Atlantic_air_ferry_route
gptkb:RAF_Transport_Command
gptkb:Atlantic_Ferry_Organization_(Atfero)
gptkb:Gander_Airport
gptkb:RAF_Redhill
gptkb:RAF_Air_Transport_Force
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7