air transport command (3 Ergebnisse)

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. Original staple-bound RAF blue printed wraps 11 x 14cm. 8pp + (2)pp back wrap marked for notes. Very good, lightly creased. Rare - copies held at the Polish Aviation Museum, and the Nordic-American Digital Catalog (Papers of Rolf Brandt Preus). Worldcat has an entry, but records no holdings. None on Copac. Transport Command succeeded Ferry Command as the backbone of the RAF's wartime logistical effort, moving aircraft from factories to front lines in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. Immediately after WW2, it supported the reorganisation of overseas forces, reconstruction of Western Europe, and the Berlin Airlift. It was radically reduced in the 1950s. This booklet, dated Nov 1945, was written for civilians performing functions deemed to be in the national interest immediately after WW2, when many travel restrictions were still in place: "Your air passage has been approved by an Air Priorities Board, and a seat has been booked for you on a transport aircraft of the Royal Air Force. (it) cannot be furnished to the standard of a civil aircraft. Nevertheless every effort will be made to make your journey as comfortable as possible. All the preliminary arrangements. have been made by the Air Booking Centre. (p1) Your rests on the ground. may not be as long as you would choose for your comfort's sake, but the purpose of travelling with Transport Command is to get to your destination in the shortest possible time." (p8). Contents include Foreword; Air ticket; Documents; Currency regulations; Medical; Baggage; Passenger and freight sections; Safety; Authority of the Captain; and Conclusion.

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. Mimeo in original b/w wraps 21x27cm. Good, foxed, with several annotations to the Pilot's Radio Information tables pp(1)-(4) and a few others elsewhere. Extremely rare, with a copy traced to the Imperial War Museum. Not recorded on Worldcat or Library Hub. The North African Division was formed in June 1943 from a split of the Africa-Middle East Wing. It moved aircraft, supplies and cargo from West Africa, was part of the South Atlantic Route transport extension via West Africa to Casablanca and Britain, operated the Mediterranean Air Transport Service from Casablanca to Cairo (Egypt), and from Algiers to Naples (Italy) from 1944. For joint use by US and British forces, this contains numerous sections variously dated during 1945, last corrected on 22 May 1945 as stated to the table on the front cover. Contents include: Radio information tables updated to 1 July 1945 with the instruction to ignore other radio data on the airport pages (4)pp; Casablanca to Cairo (62)pp; and Mediterranean (42)pp. Each of these regional sections contains an index of the airports covered; full-page route and radio facilities maps; sunrise and sunset tables. The Casablanca - Cairo section also includes route information, and visual aids. CASABLANCA TO CAIRO: airport pages mostly 2pp per airport contain plans, approach charts and details for: Morocco (Marrakech, Casablanca, Rabat Sale, Port Lyautey, Gibraltar, Meknes, Oujda), Algeria (Oran, Algiers, Biskra, Bone), Tunisia (Bizerte, Tunis), Libya (Tripoli, Marble Arch, Benghazi, El Adem), Egypt (Mersa Matruh, Cairo West, Heliopolis, Almaza, Payne Field, Luxor), and Palestine (Lydda). MEDITERRANEAN airport pages: Egypt (Alexandria), Greece (Araxos, Eleusis, Hassani), Italy (Alghero with ms note "abandone", Bari, Cagliari, Catania, Foggia, Gioia, Manduria, Naples, Pisa, Rome), Malta, Spain (Mallorca), and France (Istres, Marseilles).

Zustand: Very Good. Crossing the Ocean in the Age of Propellers An evocative artifact of the 'Golden Age' of military transport, documenting the massive logistical pivot from total war to global peacekeeping in the Pacific Theater. This guide served as the essential orientation for personnel transitioning across the 'Middle Pacific' network, covering destinations from the Hawaiian Islands to occupied Japan and China. While the primary text details flight decorum and survivalincluding the famous advice for women to wear slacks for parachute safetythe unique laid-in letter from the Fleet Logistic Support Wing (Alameda, CA) adds a critical layer of naval aviation history. This supplementary document provides specific safety protocols for the JRM 'Mars' flying boats, the largest Allied aircraft of the era, which maintained the vital 'bridge' between California and Hawaii. KEY FEATURES +++ Provenance/Add-on: Includes a rare, 2-sided typed letter from the Fleet Logistic Support Wing out of NAS Alameda, California. +++ Content: Detailed orientation for 11 Pacific destinations including Iwo Jima, Okinawa, Siam, and Alaska. +++ Aviation Specifics: Outlines flight decorum, safety procedures, and the post-war conversion of C-54/DC-4 aircraft for passenger service. +++ Rarity: WorldCat/OCLC locates only 2 institutional copies (Stanford and Claremont Libraries). +++ Specs: 8.5 x 5.75 inches; v, 54 pp. Illustrated with original mid-century drawings and sketches. CONDITION: Very Good. The pictorial stapled wrappers are tight and square with moderate shelf handling wear. The rear cover shows some wrinkling along the bottom edge and lower corner. Internally, the text is clean with light, even age-toning. The laid-in 8 x 15 inch letter is well-preserved with original folding creases. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE -- Produced by the Army Printing Plant in the 'Middle Pacific', this guide captures the U.S. military's rapid evolution into a global administrative force. It reflects the unique culture of post-1945 air travel, where military transport (ATC) was the only reliable way to navigate the vast distances of the Pacific. The laid-in letter is particularly significant for its link to NAS Alameda and the Martin JRM Mars flying boats. By 1947, the Mars fleet (named 'Hawaii', 'Philippine', 'Marianas', 'Marshall', and 'Caroline') was setting world records for passenger and cargo loads on the Alameda-to-Honolulu run. The letter's safety instructions represent the high-stakes reality of flying these 'Behemoths of the Bay'vessels so large they were essentially flying ships. SUBJECTS: U.S. Army Air Forces, Air Transport Command, NAS Alameda, Pacific Theater Logistics, Martin JRM Mars, Post-WWII Occupation, Military Aviation Ephemera, Travel Guides, Military Manuals, Ephemera, Aviation History. BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE: OCLC # [Various, only 2 institutional records found].