Ferry Command

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

Transfer Point - Darrell's Island (Bermuda)
Transfer Point - Dorval
Transfer Point - Gander (Newfoundland)
Transfer Point - Presque Island (USA)
Reception Point - Wayne County (USA)

Group: -

No 44 (Ferry) Group
- SHQ RAF Filton
- SHQ RAF Hendon
- SHQ RAF Kemble
- SHQ RAF Lyneham
- SHQ RAF Prestwick

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

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.