Alaskan Wing / Division

  October 1942 to 1 July 1944

  United States of America

TYPE: USAAF unit

IATA/ICAO CODES: Nil

HEADQUARTERS: Edmonton, AB

FORMER NAME: 7^th Ferrying Group

SUBSEQUENT NAME: Alaskan Division

Air Transport Command's Alaskan Wing transported aircraft, cargo and personnel between the continental USA and Alaska. Aircraft would converge to RCAF Edmonton, AB and fly on to Ladd AAF, AK. From there, aircraft would either be dispatched to 11^th Air Force airfields in Alaska, or handed over to Red Air Force pilots to continue on to Siberia. On 1 July 1944, along with all other ATC wings, the Alaskan Wing was upgraded to Alaskan Division.

Over the course of the war, ATC's Alaskan Wing ferried almost 8,000 aircraft over the ALSIB (Alaska-Siberia) route, often in dreadful weather conditions, in order to supply the Soviet Union with much-needed warplanes.

1943 to 1945

• Curtiss C-46-CU Commando: 41-5164, 41-5177, 41-5178, 41-5181, 41-5182, 41-5183
• Curtiss C-46A-1-CU Commando: 41-5185, 41-5186, 41-5188, 41-5189, 41-5191, 41-5200
• Curtiss C-46A-50-CU Commando: 42-96803 (probable), 42-96807 (probable), 42-101129, 42-101201