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Originally Posted by R Leo
I've always wondered how many aircraft and what percentage of the total production were lost on ferry flights to the European theatre.
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you may know that the alcan highway was originally built for the planes being flown to europe to follow. the idea was if there was a problem they could land on the highway. this way they could fly to europe pretty much all over land.
i suppose some were also shipped knocked down on boats.
tom w
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