Global Air Routes (1944)

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Stuart Legg

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In 1944, the Allied nations, including Canada, created air supply routes to transport both troops and war materiel from home bases and factories to the battlefield. The United States Army Air Forces Air Transport Command, however, carried the bulk of all air transport across a global system of airfields and terminals that spanned five continents and four oceans. The ubiquitous Douglas C-47 Skytrain, derived from the prewar Douglas DC-3 airliner, did most of the work, but the new Douglas C-54 Skymaster, a larger four-engine transport, as well as other advances such as helicopters, small personal aircraft, cargo carrying gliders and a chain…

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