Comments by "Sandy Barnes" (@sandybarnes887) on "The Air Transport Command's Contributions to the U.S. WWII Effort" video.

  1. I live in Gander, Newfoundland, Canada. Our town was built so fighters and bombers could be flown by Ferry Command over to Britain. Back then we weren't yet part of Canada but were still a member of the British Empire. It was mostly RAF which flew them. https://www.gandercanada.com/en/explore/History.aspx#:~:text=On%20January%2011%2C%201938%2C%20Captain,Royal%20Air%20Force%20Ferry%20Command.
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  2.  @justanothercaptain6566  I'm not sure who flew them around Canada but once they got here to Gander it was Ferry Command from then on. :-) http://www.ganderairporthistoricalsociety.org/_html_war/ferry_command.htm
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  3. Our town of Gander was built to ferry fighters and bombers to Britain. It was the largest airport in the world at the time. A town's history that deserves to be remembered. https://www.gandercanada.com/en/explore/History.aspx#:~:text=On%20January%2011%2C%201938%2C%20Captain,Royal%20Air%20Force%20Ferry%20Command. From being the site of North America's only Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery to finding its way into the complex and detailed culture of Star Trek to having the only Canadian dog to be awarded the Dickin Medal, the animal equivalent of the Victoria Cross to the sad loss of the American military personnel on Arrow Air Flight 1285, the deadliest aviation accident to occur on Canadian soil and the second-deadliest of any accident involving a DC-8, my little town has many interesting aspects to it. https://www.gandercanada.com/en/explore/InterestingFacts.aspx
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  4. Yeah. I live in Gander. It was built as an inland airport safe from Nazi attack for Ferry Command to fly bombers to Britain
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  5. Our airport in Gander Newfoundland also has it's origin because of ferry command and ATC. 😃
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  6.  @rdvqc  wow. Exciting for you. My dad helped build the museum. My grandfather helped build Gander. He was from Conception Bay too. Small world.
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  7. Port De Grave
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  8. Ad hoc is a word that originally comes from Latin and means “for this” or "for this situation." In current American English it is used to describe something that has been formed or used for a special and immediate purpose, without previous planning. ... ad hoc committee. ad hoc group.
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