6th Ferrying Group
military unit
The 6th Ferrying Group was a World War II unit of the United States Army Air Forces (AAF). It was activated in February 1942 as the California Sector, Ferrying Command in February 1942, but soon changed its name. It ferried aircraft manufactured in California until March 1944, when it was disbanded in a general reorganization of AAF units in the United States. It was replaced by the 556th Army Air Forces Base Unit, which continued its mission until late in 1946.
The group was reconstituted in 1985 as the 546th Tactical Airlift Group, but has not been active since.
History
World War II
The group's origins can be traced to 3 January 1942, when Air Corps Ferrying Command, in the aftermath of the attack on Pearl Harbor divided its Domestic Division into six sectors. The California Sector was established at Long Beach Municipal Airport, California and was responsible for ferrying aircraft from Consolidated Aircraft, Douglas Aircraft Company, Lockheed Aircraft Company, North American Aviation, Ryan Aeronautical Company, Northrop Corporation and Vega Aircraft Corporation factories in California. The sector's personnel was drawn from the Ferry Command's Western Division. The bulk of this work consisted in flying new planes from the plant to modification centers in the US. On 18 February, this office was formally organized as a unit, the California Sector, Ferrying Command and Ferrying Command's Domestic Division became the Domestic Wing, Air Corps Ferrying Command.
In April 1942, the group was assigned its first operational units, the 1st, 9th and 14th Air Corps Ferry Squadrons.
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