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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- Air Transport Auxiliary
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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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Garrison
| - White Waltham, Maidenhead
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Nickname
| - Ferdinand
- call sign: Lost Child
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- 13(xsd:integer)
- 18(xsd:integer)
- 36(xsd:integer)
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Motto
| - Unofficial:
- "Eager for the Air"
- Aetheris Avidi
- Anything To Anywhere
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Size
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- 27(xsd:integer)
- 151(xsd:integer)
- 1152(xsd:integer)
- 2786(xsd:integer)
- Air Movement Flight Unit
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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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