by Diana Trafford | Mar 31, 2021 | Genealogy
Searching for a pub in Yorkshire is something like looking for a needle in a haystack. Would you believe there were 3,700 pubs in the Yorkshire and Humber region in 2019? [1] At least I had narrowed it down. I knew that I was looking for a pub in the...
by Diana Trafford | Mar 11, 2021 | 45 Group, Ferry Command, RAF Transport Command
In February 2021, one of the few remaining members of RAF Ferry Command passed away. Peter Maitland was 96. He joined the RCAF in 1942. In October 1943, he was assigned to 45 Group of RAF Transport Command, the successor to Ferry Command. At the age of 19, he was...
by Diana Trafford | Jan 29, 2021 | Howard Watt, Quebec aviation
It was Uncle Howard’s last flight. He loved every minute of it. Howard Watt had flown everything from Curtiss JN-4 Canadian “Jennies” to four-engine Liberator wartime transports during his three decades in commercial aviation and RAF Ferry Command. To fly in a...
by Diana Trafford | Nov 11, 2020 | Ferry Command
The Forgotten Command. That’s how some people refer to RAF Ferry Command. Remembrance Day is a good time to start remembering, Ferry Command existed for six years, from 1940 to early 1946. In that short time it recorded remarkable achievements, all the while...
by Diana Trafford | Nov 2, 2020 | Aviation biography, Early Canadian aviation, Flying boat, Robert Bradford
The 1920 first flight across Canada was a bold project of the Canadian Air Board to inspire the nation about the potential of aviation in peacetime. Part 1 of this story covers the seaplane flight from the East Coast to Winnipeg, while Part 2 traces the flight by...
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