Air Transport Auxiliary ATA Wings BD Economy 1944 Pattern - Rare

In superb unissued condition.

The Allied ATA (Air Transport Auxiliary) was a Civilian, non-combatant group which existed during the 2nd World War to shuttle aircraft around. The ATA acronym additionally stood for a few humorous things but the one I like is, "Anything To Anywhere". Of the approximately 1200+ pilots and engineers from 28 different countries, notably about 170 were women (nicknamed the Attagirls) and all pilots became progressively skilled in flying many dozens of different aircraft - sometimes with just simple reference to the Ferry Pilot's Notes; "The Blue Book", a generic operational manual which provided basic instructions for nearly all Allied aircraft or the era. There were about 16 centres from which the ATA operated, two of these where the pilots and senior staff were all women. One hundred and seventy-three ATA aircrew lost their lives in accidents during the war.

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Code: 67334