Air Transport Auxiliary

The Oxford Companion to World War II | 2001 | 351 words | Copyright

Air Transport Auxiliary, British civilian organization which flew aircraft from the factories to their air bases. Of 1,152 male and 166 female pilots, some of them American, many of whom were trained at its flying schools, 98 men and 15 women lost their lives. Altogether it delivered 308,567 aircraft at an annual loss rate that never exceeded 0.39%.

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