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List of ferry units of the Royal Air Force

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 15, 2026
Entity authorityQ7043352 ↗
Source-derived summary

This is a List of Royal Air Force ferry units.

Ferry

Flights

Units

Crew pools

Pilots pools

Pools

Training units

Other units

Aircraft

See also

References

Citations

Bibliography

Lake, Alan (1999). Flying units of the RAF. Shrewsbury, UK: Airlife. ISBN 1-84037-086-6.

Sturtivant, Ray; Hamlin, John (2007). Royal Air Force flying training and support units since 1912. Tonbridge, UK: Air-Britain (Historians). ISBN 978-0851-3036-59.

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