Fausett, Horace Edward (Civilian Pilot (Captain))

Killed in Action 1941-January-19

Male Head

Birth Date: 1914-April-25

Born: Sheridan, Grant County, Arkansas, USA

Parents: Son of the late William Hill Fausett and Nancy Ella (nee Stacks) Fausett, of Little Rock, Arkansas

Spouse: Husband of Noleen Carrie (nee Campbell) Fausett, of Little Rock, Arkansas

Home: Sheridan, Arkansas

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RAF

Unit

ATFERO- Atlantic Ferry Organization (RAF)

Base

Dorval, Quebec

Rank

Civilian Pilot (Captain)

Position

Pilot (Captain)

Service Numbers

unknown

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Ship serial: SSLadyHawkins

Unit Desciption

ATFERO (Atlantic Ferry Organization)

ATFERO, the Atlantic Ferry Organization, Dorval (Montreal): the first stage of the transatlantic ferrying of aircraft. The Ministry of Aircraft Production (Lord Beaverbrook) agreed with the Canadian Pacific Railway to provide ground facilities and civilian crews; the first test delivery formation flight, led by Don Bennett, was in November 1940. On 20 July 1941 the RAF Atlantic Ferry Service was raised to command status as RAF Ferry Command (Wikipedia, RAF Ferry Command). Aircraft ferrying started with ATFERO (Atlantic Ferry Organization), a crucial World War II initiative established in 1941 (growing out of early Canadian Pacific Railway air services in 1940) to fly combat aircraft directly from North American factories to Britain, bypassing dangerous and slow sea transport. It then moved to Ferry Command and finally to 45 Group Transport Command. (Greg, 2026-10-17)