July 13-2015-Mon - Update - Appendix 1 - Raf FC Finding Aids

APPENDIX 1 - FINDING AIDS 4 books on the Royal Air Force Ferry Command, WW II - Ted Beaudoin, July, 2015
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UPDATES:
Mon., July
2015: new information Page 28
Sat., July 11th, 2015: new information Page 27
13th,
An un-intentional oversight is corrected: at long

last, the 3,500 or so civilians from 23 allied
nations, along with seconded military personnel
and attached civilians from allied airlines who
created what became the
Royal Air Forces Ferry Command / Transport
Command of WW II are forgotten no more
Starting as early as 1939, more than 3,500 civilian men and women from 23 allied nations - along with personal seconded
from allied military units and those attached from allied commercial airlines to help them - created, with the Canadian
Pacific Railway, what became known from mid-1941 to the end of WW II as Englands Royal Air Force Ferry Command.
Those who know their history agree that these dauntless men and women helped in a big way to save the world by doing
what aviation experts of the day said was simply suicidal and doomed to failure. Of the 10,000 American-made bombers
assigned to them, they delivered 9,442 of them to different theatres of war to when and where they were needed. This
was a delivery rate that averaged 114 aircraft a day, day-in and day-out for six consecutive, but at great cost in lives: more
than 500 air crew and passengers.
They started by flying the then-uncharted and dreaded skies over the North Atlantic Ocean. In so doing, they earned the
rapid support of the Royal Canadian Air Force - RCAF, along with that of United States Army Air Force - USAAF - and of
other allied countries air forces - including, among others, the Czechoslovak Army Air Force - CAAF, Royal Australian Air
Force - RAAF, the Royal New Zealand Air Force - RNZAF, the South Rhodesian Air Force - SRAF, the South African Air Force
- SAAF, the Soviet Air Forces - SAF, and a number of allied nations commercial air carriers. This phenomenal international
support resulted in the overall delivery between 1940 and 1945 of more than 250,000 mostly American-made bombers
and fighter aircraft to help the allies gain supremacy of the air and give us todays wonderful international aviation system:
years.
Until now, these dauntless men and women have by and large been forgotten and overlooked in the history books. On
Monday, May 11th, 2015, this international historical oversight began to be corrected thanks to the Royal Canadian Air
Force: soon these civilians and all the military personnel who were seconded to them, along with the civilians from allied
commercial airlines attached to them, will at long last receive international recognition, paying a long-term tribute to their
remarkable contributions to the freedom we enjoy so much today. Trainloads could be filled with published printed
matter and produced film and television exploits of bombing raids and aerial dogfights through WW II, but today one
could not fill the back seat of a family sedan with published and produced exploits of how these bombers and fighter
aircraft got there. Some recognition has already been gained in Canadas Parliament and its Department of Veterans Affairs
in 2000 thanks to nonagenarian Louis Lang, Cote-St-Luc, Qubec, Canada. Louis was a civilian RAF FC radio-operator, who
fought tooth-and-nail for more than 20 years after WW II for such recognition. Thanks are also extended to Bob Briggs,
Gander, NL, Canada, and other federal government departments (to be named soon) for a new bricks-and-mortar museum
in Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador to be dedicated exclusively to the RAF FC: more on this story is on Page 22.
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About this appendix and the recommended purchase of all research and
manuscripts by the Royal Canadian Air Forces History and Heritage department
Written permission has been received to publish the fact that, as of Monday, May 11th, 2015, Major
William (Bill) March, the Royal Canadian Air Force historian in the Office of RCAF History and
Heritage at the CF Aerospace Warfare Centre in Trenton, ON, is recommending the acquisition by
the RCAF of all the research material, and the three manuscripts which are now in their completion
stages, which, if indeed acquired will lead to a fourth book, exclusively for the RCAF.
Briefly, his decision:
Based on my conversation with the researcher / author, and a preliminary viewing of the
research material / three manuscripts on Ferry Command, it is my opinion that the subject matter constitutes a
significant contribution to the history and heritage of the Royal Canadian
The RAF FC badge from the
Air Force (RCAF), the evolution of civil / military aviation cooperation and
Gander
Airport Historical Society
the development of air transport / aerospace industry from a Canadian
web site
perspective. Therefore, I intend to recommend the following:
www.ganderairporthistoricalsociet
a. that the RCAF acquire the research material in order to preserve it
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and make it available for future use by researchers both within and outside
of the Department of National Defence;
b. that the RCAF acquire the manuscript, dealing with the negotiations for, establishment of, and early
conduct of Ferry Command as this was an important part of Canada's contribution to air power development
during World War II and had an enormous impact on the RCAF during that period. The manuscript to
be published using in-house resources and distributed in accordance with standard policies / procedures; and
c. that the RCAF assist in whatever way possible the commercial publication of the remaining two manuscripts
in that they will make a welcome and valuable contribution to the overall narrative of Ferry Command.
about this appendix
it is a finding aid which will be updated as new developments occur, listing the sources used to obtain information for this
quartet of books, each briefly described on Page 23 of this appendix. These books are dedicated to all who created, what
became officially known on Monday, July 20th, 1941 as the Royal Air Force Ferry Command - or the RAF FC. Throughout World
War II, the RAF FC underwent a number of name and command structure changes, but was popularly known as the RAF Ferry
Command. It was an incredible operation, which began with a Canadian national railway company, the Canadian Pacific Railway.
Briefly
In 1939, World War II had not yet broken out into a nearly global catastrophe. It did so soon after these civilians got together and
rescued the allied air forces of Canada, England and the United States of America by delivering 9,442 of the 10,000 bombers
assigned to them, all of which had been paid for and ordered by England and France, which desperately needed them. These
planes were being crated and shipped overseas from their American manufacturers, but they were taking too long to arrive in
England. The French orders for aircraft had to be sent to England because, by mid-1940, most of France was in German hands.
German submarines were having a field day sinking convoy vessels bearing crated bombers. These bombers were urgently
needed by England to patrol ocean waters looking for, and sinking, German U-boats, and the only way to get them as quickly as
possible was to ship them by air.
Dauntless and intrepid civilians did what was considered suicidal and impossible: fly the American-made bombers out of
Canada and Newfoundland, over the then unknown and uncharted North Atlantic Ocean skies.
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 worlds 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.
This quartet of stand-alone companion books tells the stories of their stunning accomplishments, triggering in the process the
involvement of many international commercial airlines and allied air forces in taking up the baton by early 1941. A total of 10,000
bombers had been assigned to their care and delivery. Remarkably, only 558 of these bombers were lost in the process, most of
them lost at sea, a few lost as a result of being shot down, and an unknown number which never left the ground after testing.
This was slightly more than a 4.5% loss-of-aircraft rate - a remarkable safety record if there ever was one, considering the
pioneer frontier-busting nature of the operation and that military experts of the day considered the plan as plainly suicidal.
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An unknown number of ground support crews also lost their lives on the ground by accidentally being killed by
spinning propellers. While the aircraft loss was lower than anticipated - operation commanders estimated
that potential aircraft losses could be as little as 10%. Fine, but the losses of aircraft came at a high cost in
human lives. As stated earlier, more than 500 aircrew and passengers died during the ferrying of these
bombers a death rate nearing 30%, a figure close to the fatality rate of front-line armed service personnel,
on the water, underwater, in the air, or on the ground within the allied armies, navies and air forces.
Some background - how this project came to be
Three manuscripts morphed following a decade of research into this project, which had its genesis in
1986 with the authors first book on aviation, Walking on Air. This was a 300-page soft-cover
biography of the late Sheldon Luck, first Chief Pilot of Canadian Pacific Air Lines. It was re-issued in
2009 in an expanded version with 30 new pages and previously unpublished material and photographs
as Pilot of Fortune. It will be re-published following the publication of these four books.
Three chapters in the authors first two books deal with Sheldons experiences in the RAF Ferry Command, when
he earned a Kings Commendation for his services for bomber deliveries and, through the RAFs #231
Telecommunications Squadron, becoming known as Prime Minister Winston Churchills mail carrier.
New research began in January 2005, the Year of the Veteran in Canada, and ended in January 2015.
By 1945, thanks to the strong support from allied air forces and regional, national and international commercial airlines, more
than 250,000 mostly American-made fighter and bomber aircraft were delivered overseas, carrying precious cargo, passengers
and airmail across all the worlds oceans to all the theatres of war when and where they were needed. In fact, a relatively small
number of American-made Boeing four-engine bombers carried all of the heavy gun ammunition which helped British Field
Marshall Bernard Law Montgomery defeat Germanys General Erwin Rommel's Afrika Corps at El Alamein in Africa.
In 2015, two 75th anniversaries of the 1940 flights commemorate two first deliveries of bombers to England. The first of these
anniversary events took place on Monday, January 15th, 1940. It is an event which could have been celebrated in three countries
had anyone in political office or high up in military circles thought about it, and involved a Canadian Prairie farmer, Joe Wilson,
and his team of two giant horses - Fred and Prince.
PHOTO left - one of many cover ideas for Book 1 in this quartet shows a background
black-and-white photo of Joe Wilson, and his horses Fred and Prince - shown towing an
American-made Hudson bomber from Pembina in North Dakota, USA, across the USA /
Canada border into Emerson, Manitoba. This 1940 tow-job received enormous
publicity across North America and in England. While the whole operation was
supposed to be a highly-secret happening it often made international headlines, in print
and in movie newsreels, throughout North America and the United Kingdom. Secrecy
was easily swept aside when the highest of politicians decided public goodwill was
more important than secrecy, making it a heyday for the powerful and highly effective
German spy machine. (No attempts have been made to ferret information from the
highly effective and fully operational German/Japanese espionage / intelligence
machine their spies knew full well what was going on and what they spied on and
how they did it is briefly written about, from personal experiences, in each of the
three books in this set.)
The second anniversary commemorates the first delivery of bombers, having taken
place the night of Sunday, November 10th, 1940 with the history-making and obviously
highly-successful flight of seven American-made Hudson bombers, flown by motleylooking, casually dressed and well-paid civilian air crews. These men were the crme-de-la-crme, most experienced, top-of-theline air crews that civilian aviation had to offer from Canada, England and the USA. This first batch of civilians flew their bombers
out of Gander, Newfoundland when it was still a British territory.
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Again, as noted earlier, since WW II ended, the world has seen the production of trainloads full of newspaper
and magazine articles, books, dramatic and documentary theatre and television films, along with an enormous
amount of internet material all dealing with the daring, spectacular and dazzlingly-effective aerial dog-fights
and bombing raids. By comparison, so little has been produced in any media as to how all these bombers and
fighter aircraft got there in the first place the majority of them built by American aircraft manufacturers, and
some in Canada and England. How come so little information about this aspect of WW II?
In all likelihood it could well be because this whole thing began as a
British-funded operation, and continued as a British-led operation being run out of Canada.
For many years they were forgotten, unheralded and overlooked by Canadas veterans affairs
department, and pretty much forgotten in history books that deal with aviation. They finally received
government recognition as veterans by Canadas Department of Veterans Affairs in 2000 - thanks to the
lengthy intervention of RAF FC veteran Louis Lang, at far right - of Cote-Se-Luc, Qubec, Canada. He
fought a 20-year long battle to obtain veteran status and benefits within Canada for all RAF FC aircrews
who flew overseas. He was vindicated in a big way, as seen in this photograph, receiving a commendation
as it appeared on a Veterans Affairs Canada web site noting that his efforts culminated with
legislation extending benefits to members of the Ferry Command, and other civilian groups, receiving Royal Assent in October
2000. Lou Langs story is in Book 2 of this quartet, Sworn To Secrecy.
The web site can be found at
http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/about-us/department-officials/minister/commendation/bio/68
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 book in this quartet 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 authors 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-commands/q/loc/106/31233942.html
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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 COMMANDS OCEAN FERRY - NINEPENCE Net. Pudneys 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.newspaperarchive.com/SearchResultsV3.aspx
Across the "Atlantic Bridge"
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 strangerat least more thrillingthan 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 of 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 RAFs Ferry Command operation of WW II
In trying to find anything on the internet dealing with the Royal Air Forces 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 forces
aircraft to their various bases around the world.
Without using the official names of wha t wa s 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 Railways Air Service Department - the CPASD. 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 CPRs civilian hands at the demands of
American President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who wanted it placed under the military control of the Royal Air Force,
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operating concurrently from what was then known as St- Hubert airport in St. Hubert, south of Montral Island, and Dorval
airport on the west end of Montral Island, both in the Canadian province of Qubec: 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 - todays R.A.F. Transport
Command. Little wonder its 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
Australia
Trove - http://trove.nla.gov.au/ - free service, no fees or subscription needed Find and get over
390,815,994 Australian and online resources
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Canada
Alberta 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.ca
Curator: Bob Evans - volunteer: permissions from him and the author, Clarence Simonsen to reproduce Mr. Simonsens
article on the wondrous wink-wink, nudge-nudge dog-and-pony show better known as the American recruiting trio of the
Clayton-Knight Committee
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Canadian Aviation Hall of Fame
PO Box 6090 - Wetaskiwin, Alberta - T9A 2E8
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, Qubec - K1A 0M8
www.historymuseum.ca
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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 McClellands 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 CPRs 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 - jane.naisbitt@warmuseum.ca
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Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum Inc.
Box 3, Grp. 520, RR #5, Brandon, Manitoba
http://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 crossing
of the American - Canadian border to deliver a Hudson bomber on January 15th, 1940.
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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
Nicolas Lamothe, 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 1W0
http://www.warplane.comErin Napier, Curator
On John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport grounds
Neil McGavock, Co-ordinator of the museums 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, Qubec - H9S 2E5
http://www.societehistoriquededorval.org/
and
http://montrealmosaic.com/organization/dorval-historical-society
Alain Jarry, historian - Beverley Rankin, Dorval City representative

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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, Qubec
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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 1T5
http://www.junobeach.org/canada-in-wwii/articles/ferrying- aircrafts-overseas/
Centre Juno Beach - Voie des Franais 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
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.
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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/data
Contact: Richard Laughton:
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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
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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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Panthon de l'Air et de l'espace du Qubec - Qubec Air and Space Hall of Fame
5365 Chemin de Chambly Saint-Hubert, Qubec 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
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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 McClellands paper on the two-horse
hauling of bombers from North Dakota into Manitoba
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Denmark
Jacobus Maarschalkerweerd, lead to Capt. E. Stafford
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England
Imperial 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 4QR
http://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
117 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 Canadas maritime province of Newfoundland and Labrador
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Royal Air Force Museum - 2 locations
Grahame Park Way, London and NW9 5LL - Cosford, Shifnal, Shropshire TF11 8UP
http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/
Richard Simpson, Curator of Aircraft: Spirit of Lockheed-Vega Employees and penciled messages of goodwill on its panels
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Ireland
Brendan 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
Attach, 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 Ireland
Belfast International Airport
http://www.belfastairport.com/
Ernie Cromie, Ulster Aviation Society, lead to Belfast International Airport
Deborah Harris and Meg Warner, Public Relations
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Scotland
Far 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
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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 Ireland
Alan 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
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Lockheed Martin
Bethesda, Maryland
http://www.lockheedmartin.com
Karen Hagar and Laura Siebert, public relations
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Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum
Hyde Park, NY
http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/
Robert (Bob) Clark, Executive Director - concerning Churchills urgent 26-paragraph letter in December 1940 pleading for help
to American President Franklin D. Roosevelt
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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 Austin
University of Texas - P.O. Drawer 7219m Austin, Texas - 78713-7219
http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/
Provided backgrounds on Jimmy Mattern and John Sleigh Pudney
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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
Witnesses
Roderick 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 authors 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 of
Lockheed-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
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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 Path
http://www.britishpathe.com/
various newsreel items over the years, for movie theatres world-wide
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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
Hamilton Spectator, Hamilton, ON, Canada: archives
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John OGroat Journal and Caithness Courrier
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. Johns, 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. Johns
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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Writers
Laura 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, and author of Unsung Courage
16 pages of this book deal with the RAF FC
John Croft, Americas Editor, Flight Global magazine
Ernest K. Gann, author, Island in the Sky
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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 - trishymouse@gmail.com - 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, documentary film producer on local Manitoba histories
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. OBrien, Australia - Murder in Ferry Command - 1942 fiction: murder mystery book based on the RAF FCpublished 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 ferry commands.
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 Elspeth Russell
Frank Tibbo, historian, Gander Beacon columnist, Gander, NL, Canada: Please see more on Page 24
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, Ill 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 the quartet
Ernest Allen, Welland, ON - BCATP, 1-Tripper, drew long straw, took boat to England, founder - Wellands Seaway Mall
Mike Allen, son of Ernest, retired 2014 from Seaway Mall holding company; provided his fathers information
M. B. "Jock" Barclay TCA Captain on RAF FC flight, a lead from Harry Cooper
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 Churchill
Louis Bisson RAF FC pioneer, top bush pilot, became a priest, bridge between Montral 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
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Bradbrook Captain, and others, re a fatality
Roslyn Lloyd George Browne RAF FC, see Keith Thompson
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, b.care@sympatico.ca, his dad, Fred, was one of Commandos 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 Tim sold
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
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 OGroats 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 Sheldon Luck
Punch Dickens, ATFERO - remembered Sheldon Luck, as noted in Sheldons 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 Henry Carlyle
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 FC
William Erdelyi, - R/O with RAF FC, Louises father-in-law
George P. Evans, OBE - from Thea Strassburg, uncle to Charlie Kotsaftis
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 Keith Rodgers - 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
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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 United States 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 Joseph Stamp
Oliver Simon Huss, RAF FC Captain, d, North Dakota, USA, 30 trips, lost at sea Monday, Nov.-30th, 1942 - a lead from
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 pilot
Kirk 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 #269
Al 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 Montral, 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
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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 Moulign, France - her father was Jean Moulign
Jean Moulign, France - piloted 75 crossings as an aircrew member of the RAF FC
Erik Douglas Nilson, one of early civilians hired by Canadian Pacific Railways 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
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 Karen Frew-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 FC
John 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 Joan Hunter
M. J. C. Stanley, Wing Commander, seconded to RAF FC from RAF
E. Stafford RAF FC, Captain, lead from Jacobus Maarschalkerweerd, Denmark
Gord 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.
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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, Montral QC, Canada, lead to ATA women pilot, Elspeth Russell
Pierre also provided information about a teenage RAF FC apprentice 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
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 Uptons 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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Known RAF FC only, some done, others to follow

John Affleck, Flight Engineer, Commando
Alexander Albulet, civilian from Louise Erdely
http://gmic.co.uk/
Herbert Lawson Blakely - Britain and Canada
Moderator, Gentlemans Military Interest Club - Great Britain & Commonwealth Realms
Canada, New Zealand & Australia Medals & Militaria
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Other sources
Gerald Champniss, RAF FC, First Officer, flew with civilian RAF FC pilots Bendall, Dalton, Dobbin,
Fitzgerald and Newkirk, and with RAF FCs # 231 Telecommunications Squadron, from his son, Kim Clark Champniss
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
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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 Canadas 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 Kings Commendation;
became known as Churchills 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 McVicars 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
Tim Sims
Ron Snow, Radio Operator, RAF FC - Ancaster, ON
Rick Smith, source for Crafton
George Stockdill
George White RAC FC, radio operator, his wife is Dorothy
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 Canadas role in WW II
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Miscellaneous
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From Terry Bakers NETLETTER, item dated December 3 , 1944, in the Lancaster TCA-100 of the Canadian Government TransAtlantic 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
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From Gordon McVicar, other RAF FC personnel, from his website - http://www.donmcvicar.com/survivor.htm
Capt. Don Douglas, Richmond, BC, Canada
Bob Walker, Hudson Heights, QC R/O
Capt. Herb Huston, Long Island, NY, USA
W.R. Lohnes, BC
Capt. Don Teel, Palm Beach, FL, USA
Capt. LLoyd Freckleton, Mission, BC R/O
Capt. Paul L. Lowman, S. Miami, F/L (RCAF)
Jean Lalande, Maple Ridge, BC
Art Teulon, Ft. Lauderdale, F/L
Capt. F/L (RCAF) Allan G. McCrae, Etobicoke, ON
FL R/N John J. McGrail, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Nav. F/L (RCAF) E.E.
Jerry LaGrave, Rawdon, QC, Canada F/E
(Ted) Biss, Mississauga, ON F/L (RCAF)
Tom Colohan, Dorval, QC- Nav (RCAF)
Edgar (Ed) Gordon Levy, Cornwall, ON
A.J. Fry, Long Sault, ON 1/O
G.A. (Bud) Heck, New Smyrna Beach, FL
Fred Hotson, Toronto, ON
F/O Jim Ross
Gwen Heinrich, Kirkland, QC
Norman Lucas, Vankleek Hill, ON
Capt. A.F. Jarrett, Charleston, WV, USA
Henry Flory
F/E Frank Staskow, Pointe Claire, QC
Andre Duchesnay, Montral, QC
Alex Reeve, Langley, BC
F/L R/N (R.C.A.F.) Art Manwaring, Toronto, ON
Tony Westmacott, Victoria, BC
Herb Huston
Don Clarkson, Saltspring Island, BC
Art Jarrett Oonah McFee
Glynn Jones, Sydney, BC
John McGrail
R/N Norm Grover, Ottawa, ON
C.N. Slim Munson
Bill Baker
Bill Whipps
Jeff Heinrich R/N (RCAF)
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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 FC
L.H. Warriner, awarded AFC for Ferry Command
_________________________________________________________________________________________
http://www.google.ca/cse?cx=partner-pub3123997639891114:6450456476&ie=UTF8&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 worlds few remaining Hudson bombers. The museum
is in Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
_____________________________________________________________________________
Donna McVicar-Kazo
donna@donnamcvicarkazo.com
Donna McVicar-Kazo, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA: Her father is Don McVicar, one
of the more prolific pioneer civilian pilots of the RAF FC. She has spent many years
making certain that her dads books on the RAF FC not only be preserved, but republished in their entirety. One of her web sites containing many never-beforepublished photographs, graphics and other memorabilia is at
http://www.donnamcvicarkazo.com/aviationgallery.html
The photo at right is the first one which appears on this website, showing, from
left: Don McVicar, D.C.T. Bennett, C.H. 'Punch' Dickens, and Griffith 'Taffy'
Powell, skilled pilots and aviation heroes, at the 1980
Ferry Command Reunion in Dorval, QC, Canada. She, along with
her brother, Gordon McVicar - www.donmcvicar.com, SteAnne-de-Bellevue, QC, Canada, and her daughter, Christianna
Cannon, work in unison in preserving her Dads works.
Photo above left My dad, Don McVicar, with his very own De Havilland Mosquito which he raced across the US in
pursuit of the Bendix Trophy, 1948. He wrote about this adventure, which almost took his life, in his book, Mosquito Racer
published by Airlife - now out of print. My mission is to republish all 13 of Dad's highly regarded aviation memoirs, first on the
Kindle format, and one day, as bound books again.
CAUTION: All of Ms McVicar-Kazos material is protected by copyright - - and permission is needed from her for
commercial reproduction by others: commercial production means the financial payment to a third party for using her graphic
and / or text for private financial gain. W hen it comes to copying her material for personal use, it would be courteous to
seek her consent to download into a personal home computer.
NB: Please see Page 26 for Donnas new publishing venture on Fathers Day, Sun, June 21st, 2015
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concerning all copyright material
The 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,
its 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-t684&fr2=piv-web
NOTE: The vast majority of information which can be obtained from internet searching is truly free of charge a number of
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 whats 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.
Authors Note
This appendix is being sent to all who have contributed to this project. They have been, among others, individuals,
associations, companies, government departments, civilian and military aviation interests, museums, libraries and
educational and archival institutions. Each completed book will contain this appendix, to which will be added a complete
alphabetical listing of every source of information - in the form of interviews, donated and loaned memorabilia,
graphics and photographs - all of which has contributed to this project and its three books.
NB: The Library and Archives of Canada is known to have archived some material on the RAF FC, but has not been
contacted to this end.
This is the next-to-final stage which effectively corrects a historical oversight public recognition and the paying of a longoverdue tribute to ALL the civilian men and women from 23 allied nations - and to the military personnel seconded from
allied air forces to help them create and sustain the Royal Air Forces Ferry Command operation. Concurrently, tribute is
also extended to the worlds commercial airlines who helped these remarkable civilians.
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Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador: worlds 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) 256-8561
Email: info@northatlanticaviationmuseum.com
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 Provincial
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
operators 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 Boeings then-newest 737. He launched Briggs Aero Limited in 1980, offering line maintenance, repair and overhaul
services 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/atlanticferry-command/
LEFT a photo from one of the museums web pages
showing its Lockheed Hudson bomber, staff and
supporters
http://www.ganderairport.com/about-giaa/history-growth/
From the museums main web site: Ganders beginnings date back to 1936 when the construction of the international airport
began in earnest. By the end of 1937, a 900-person team had begun construction. A few years later the airfield had four paved
runways - 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. Ganders 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
Ferry Command Memorial Hall.
- 23 ______________________________________
The public trilogy and the fourth, RCAF book - titles below are all working titles and are subject to change
Book 1- Earth Angels Rose - a compendium of long and short stories from hundreds of sources, containing anecdotes,
personal memories of trials and tribulations, tales of heartache and sagas of wondrous successes, of the when how why
where and who went into the creation of the largely civilian-driven military operation of what became popularly known
throughout WW II as the Royal Air Forces Ferry Command.
Book 2 - Sworn To Secrecy - nonagenarians remember - and remembered and their children, todays adults contains
a series of anecdotes and extended narratives by nonagenarians and the 20+year long struggle by Louis Lang, Cote-StLuc, QC, Canada who succeeded by 2000 in obtaining full veterans rights and benefits for all RAF FC personnel who
served and went overseas during WW II. The secrecy factor where civilians were concerned, affected many children,
who waited for years to learn what their relatives did within the RAF FC: the great majority of civilians hired by the RAF
FC kept quiet for many, many years about their experiences in the operation, not realizing that the secrecy act which
they swore to uphold, had an expiry date on it, leaving their children in the dark until recently.
Book 3 - A teenager serves in the RAF Ferry Command - the never-before-published and remarkable story of Larry
Sellick, Ottawa, ON. On one fateful day in 1942 Larry became the only one of 14 teenagers from what was then known
as the Town of Mount Royal Air Cadet Squadron - then one of 135 air cadet squadrons in Canada who were brought
into a RAF FC apprenticeship program. That was the day in which one of his friends fell from a bomber onto the ice on
what was then known as Lake St. Louis - today, Lac-St-Louis, QC, near Dorval airport. As soon as they learned of this
event, witnessed by one man featured in this tale all the other teenagers quit the program on that same day. The
result: Larry immediately became the only teenager who served within the operation, often carrying out hazardous duty,
for example, like the many times he crammed his small body into the tail end of Prime Minister Winston Churchills
single-tail Liberator bomber, Commando, to see what was going on inside while the pilots test-flew the airplane
repeatedly over much of Qubec province. Less than three months later, this Commando was lost at sea. Larry recalls
making a total of 50 test flights over the Montral area, usually crammed into the inner workings of bombers being
flight-tested.
Book 4 - Earth Angels Rising - will be produced by and for the Royal Canadian Air Force with a strong focus on how the
RCAF contributed to the overall RAF FC operation.
__________________________________
NOTE: Canadas 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 Canadas 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 Halls 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.
_______________________________________________________________
PHOTO right: Monday, May 11th, 2015 - RCAF Historian, Major
William March took this photo when he visited the author,
spotlighting a small amount of research material amassed over a
decade, in addition to many gigabytes of digitized interviews, news
stories and photographs from newsreels, books, newspaper and magazine
clippings, along with memorabilia loaned for use in the books being
produced, such as photos and personal memoires from personnel who
served in the RAF FC.
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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 in
Newfoundland 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 Pilots 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 Canadas 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 Forces 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
Forces Ferry Command operation - from its earliest beginnings, and 116
separate entries summarizing the Royal Canadian Air Forces contributions to
the Gander airport, the surrounding community of families and the RAF FC.
Englands Prime Minister Winston Churchill once described Newfoundland as the
largest aircraft carrier in the worlds oceans. Quite an accolade for this island,
which was a former colony of the United Kingdom. When it became Canadas 10th
province on Thursday, March 31st, 1949, it was re-named Newfoundland and
Labrador.
All proceeds from the sales of Franks 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
franktibbo@nl.rogers.com and he will get back to you.
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; Ganders first child; flight refueling; McNamaras; mining the
runways; sabotage; spies; The Bismarck; German aircraft overhead; Pigeon Squadron; jumping without
parachutes; the Commonwealth Graves; Ganders Pal the Heroic Dog; Joeys Pigs; Sunday school student
in Jail; Censored Mail; bombs dropping on Soulis Pond; Lancaster tragedy; Lord Haw Haw; liquor and
goats; Ganders UFO; Sabena crash; Honey Bucket incident; Ganders 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.
- 25 ______________________________________
Heres an interesting one - from Project Gutenberg: a free, 80-page on-line mystery e-book
for 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
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.
- 26 ______________________________________
AUTHORS NOTE: Friday, June 19th, 2015: Every time I think the search results for my manuscripts on the Royal Air
Forces Ferry / Transport Command/s operation of WW II is just about over, something new seems pops up during my
usual daily, random search just to see if anything new pops up yep again
over last few days, found 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 DHoore - a hearty welcome as a new addition to
this appendix.
__________________________
NB: From Note on Page 20 - On Sunday, June 21st, Donna McVicar-Kazo 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!
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 and
shop through the website! Happy reading to you! Words on Wings Press - Home of Don McVicar's Aviation Books wordsonwingspress.com .
- 27 ______________________________________
Thanks to Andrew Elliott, Library and Archives Canada - Page 8 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/lacbac/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=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)
http://collectionscanada.gc.ca/lacbac/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:
http://collectionscanada.gc.ca/lacbac/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
http://collectionscanada.gc.ca/lacbac/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://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.
http://collectionscanada.gc.ca/pam_archives/index.php?fuseaction=genitem.displayItem&lang=eng&rec_nbr=4102314
&rec_nbr_list=4102314

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An un-intentional oversight is corrected: at long

Each book in this quartet will feature two sections - this

Alain Jarry, historian - Beverley Rankin, Dorval City representative

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

Scottish Saltaire Aircrew Association

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

Keith Thompson, RAF FC, Flying Officer

Known RAF FC only, some done, others to follow

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