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The Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA) was a British World War II civilian organisation based at White Waltham Airfield, that ferried new, repaired and damaged military aircraft between UK factories, assembly plants, transatlantic delivery points, Maintenance Units (MU), scrap yards, and active service squadrons and airfields—but not to aircraft carriers. It also flew service personnel on urgent duty from one place to another and performed air ambulance work.

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rdfs:label
  • Air Transport Auxiliary
  • Air Transport Auxiliary
rdfs:comment
  • The Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA) was a British World War II civilian organisation based at White Waltham Airfield, that ferried new, repaired and damaged military aircraft between UK factories, assembly plants, transatlantic delivery points, Maintenance Units (MU), scrap yards, and active service squadrons and airfields—but not to aircraft carriers. It also flew service personnel on urgent duty from one place to another and performed air ambulance work.
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Start date
  • 1940-02-15(xsd:date)
dcterms:subject
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Garrison
  • White Waltham, Maidenhead
Nickname
  • Ferdinand
  • call sign: Lost Child
Country
  • United Kingdom
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Unit Name
  • Air Transport Auxiliary
garrison label
  • Command HQ
decorations
  • 1(xsd:integer)
  • 2(xsd:integer)
  • 5(xsd:integer)
  • 6(xsd:integer)
  • 13(xsd:integer)
  • 18(xsd:integer)
  • 36(xsd:integer)
Motto
  • Unofficial:
  • "Eager for the Air"
  • Aetheris Avidi
  • Anything To Anywhere
End Date
  • 1945-11-30(xsd:date)
Size
  • 2(xsd:integer)
  • 14(xsd:integer)
  • 19(xsd:integer)
  • 27(xsd:integer)
  • 151(xsd:integer)
  • 1152(xsd:integer)
  • 2786(xsd:integer)
  • Air Movement Flight Unit
abstract
  • The Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA) was a British World War II civilian organisation based at White Waltham Airfield, that ferried new, repaired and damaged military aircraft between UK factories, assembly plants, transatlantic delivery points, Maintenance Units (MU), scrap yards, and active service squadrons and airfields—but not to aircraft carriers. It also flew service personnel on urgent duty from one place to another and performed air ambulance work.
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