Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
HQ Ferry Command Personnel, locations and units
This Command was formed at 507 Royal Bank Buildings, St James Street in Montreal by redesignating the Atlantic Ferry Organisation on 4 March 1941. It re-located to Dorval Airport on 4 October 1941.
Location | Controlled |
Montreal Airport, Dorval, Quebec, Canada |
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Group: -
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Rank | Name | Date | Notes |
ACM | Sir Frederick W Bowhill | 18 Jul 1941 | Air Officer Commanding, GBE, KCB, CMG, DSO |
A/Cdre | Reginald L G Marix | 10 Mar 1942 | Air Officer i/c Administration, CB, DSO; later AVM |
Air Staff | |||
Wg Cdr | G J Powell | 20 Jul 1941 | Senior Air Staff Officer, RCAF |
Sqn Ldr | G P Christie | 3 Oct 1941 | DFC |
Sqn Ldr | W B Wight | 1 Aug 1941 | |
Flt Lt | J A Newton | 1 Oct 1941 | |
Flt Lt | L L Jones | 3 Oct 1941 | |
Fg Off | M C D Wilson | 6 Oct 1941 | |
Administrative Staff | |||
Flt Lt | H Maynard | 20 Dec 1941 | |
Staffs of the Services | |||
Engineer | |||
Wg Cdr | J H Powle | 9 Aug 1941 | |
Flt Lt | E S Leary | 12 Aug 1941 | |
Flt Lt | F C Steadman | 23 Dec 1941 | |
Signals | |||
Wg Cdr | John G W Weston | 23 Nov 1941 | OBE; later AVM |
Sqn Ldr | L Maxwell-Miller | 21 Sep 1941 | |
Sqn Ldr | G C Cunningham | 31 Dec 1941 | |
Fg Off | J R Hicks | 13 Mar 1941 | |
Fg Off | C N Lees | 17 Oct 1941 | |
Equipment | |||
Wg Cdr | P P S Rickard | 4 Sep 1941 | |
Sqn Ldr | A J Sanford | 1 Aug 1941 | |
Sqn Ldr | R M Craig | 8 Aug 1941 | |
Accountant | |||
Wg Cdr | W W Deane | 18 Jul 1941 | |
Flt Lt | Marcus M Gardham | 1 Aug 1941 | later AVM |
Fg Off | A W Grey | 7 May 1942 | |
Medical | |||
Sqn Ldr | C C Baker | 31 May 1942 | MB, ChB |
Flt Lt | B S Kent | 3 Jan 1942 | MB,, BS, MRCS, LRCP |
Source - July 1942 Confidential Air Force List
With the formation of Transport Command on 25 March 1943 it was absorbed into the new command and redesignated No 45 (Atlantic Transport) Group on 1 April.
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