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1941-1944 (Creation)
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9 cm of textual records
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The British Overseas Airways Corporation replaced Imperial Airways in 1939. The Ministry of Aircraft Production (MAP) endowed it with the responsibility of providing the crews for the return ferry service over the North Atlantic.
Custodial history
The material was probably kept at the Dorval Airport outside Montreal. They were used by Carl Christie in his book:"Ocean Bridge: the story of RAF and Ferry Command", and then transferred to DHH in 1997-1998.
Scope and content
Fonds consists of five volumes documenting British Overseas Airways Corporation's Return Ferry Service Operations Movements over the North Atlantic during 1941 to 1944. The handwritten records show daily movement of the aircraft, mostly the Liberator, between Great Britain and Canada. The record structure consists of aircraft type, dates and hours of departure and arrival, and occasionally the names of the crew. Also includes newspaper clippings.
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Fonds received from Harry Gibbons through the Ferry Command Association in Montreal in 1997-1998.
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The Directorate of History and Heritage contains the following related materials:
DHH Library:
Carl Christie's "Ocean Bridge: the story of RAF and Ferry Command", D786 C57 1995
Kardex:
RCAF Overseas HQ, British Overseas Airways and associated companies, 181.009 D3679
Public Record Office (PROs):
RAF Ferry Command - air traffic summaries, AIR 24/506
General Report: operations, maintenance, BOAC personnel, AIR 38/2
Atlantic Transport Group - RAF; BOAC Return Ferry Service - operation summaries, AIR 25/647
Correspondence re: BOAC, MAP and AFTERO, AIR 2/5340
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No further accruals expected.
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Return Ferry Service Operations Movements Book