Ocean Bridge: The History of RAF Ferry Command by Carl A. Christie

http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/a...rev/chris.html

Between 1940 and 1945 over 11,000 aircraft were delivered across the ocean, most departing from airfields at Gander, Newfoundland, and Goose Bay, Labrador. The cost, however, was not cheap; approximately 150 aircraft and 560 personnel were lost in ferry operations.

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