Air Transport Command Association

July 1, 2017 -- the 75th anniversary of the formation of the Air Transport Command!

Learn about the Air Transport Command (ATC)

• Watch "The Air Transport Command in WWII" - Hangar Talk presented by Jack Kinyon at the AMC Museum, May 21, 2016 (YouTube, 58 minutes)

• View The Air Transport Command in WWII slides that Jack Kinyon presents to community groups.

• Read comprehensive Wikipedia articles on the ATC and AMC.

• Learn about the Army Air Forces in World War II: ATC.

• Understand the lineage and legacy of the ATC, from the Wright Brothers to today.

• View Dr. Rhodes' 2006 presentation about the ATC and ATCA.

• Visit the Air Mobility Command Museum and Air Mobility Command websites, and the AMC Museum's YouTube Channel.

• Watch a 1943 Air Transport Command video (some of this material is used in the ATC exhibit at the AMC Museum, YouTube, 24 minutes).

• Ask a veteran! Send email to ATCA Historian Sgt. Jack Kinyon (jhkinyon (at) gmail.com).

Articles

• "Fireball Streaks Through 7,000,000 Safe Miles" - Current Aviation, December 4-8, 1944 (PDF)

• "I Rode The Fireball" - Saturday Evening Post, July 1, 1944 (PDF)

• "The Hump" - Life Magazine, September 11, 1944 (PDF)

• "To India and Back in 10 days" - Life Magazine, June 5, 1944 (PDF)

• Various articles about The Hump - HistoryNet.com

Books (may be found for sale new/used via Internet search)

• "A Teenager's View of World War II" - Fred Kaiser, 2000

• "Born to fly... The Hump" - Dr. Carl Frey Constein, 2001

• "Flight to Everywhere" - Ivan Dmitri, 1944

• "Mac's Wartime Letters 1941-1943" - Malcolm Perkins, 1997

• "Missing in the Himalayas" - Dr. Carl Frey Constein, 2005

• "Tales of the Himalayas" - Compiled and edited by Dr. Carl Frey Constein, 2002

• "Top Stick" - Harold A. Jacobs, 2002

• "War Memories and Civilian Musings" - Carl Frey Constein, 2003

• "When the Airlines Went to War" - Robert J. Serling, 1997

eBooks

• "An ATC-Style Courtship" - a memoir by Gail Ravitts, 2017 (57 pages with photos, PDF)

• "Four Yanks in the (Oklahoma) RAF" - Gail S. Ravitts (9 pages with photos, PDF)

• "The Fearsome Foursome Go Forth" - Gail S. Ravitts (4 pages with photos, PDF) (sequel to Four Yanks)

• "My First Ferry Trip for the Fourth Ferry" - a pilot's memoir by 2nd Lt. Robert Hosford (52 pages, PDF)

Videos

• Several ATC-related videos are available from Campbell Films

• Flying The Hump (YouTube playlist)

• Search YouTube for ATC-related videos

Visit the Air Transport Command Exhibit at the Air Mobility Command Museum, Dover AFB

• The exhibit

  • Exhibit dedication and Hangar Talk photos

  • Exhibit dedication (YouTube, 19 minutes)

  • Slideshow that runs continuously inside the ATC Uniforms display case (15 slides, manual advance)

  • ATC video clips (9 clips that play in a continuous loop as part of the exhibit, YouTube, 13 minutes total)

  • ATC Overview movie (plays regularly in the museum theater, YouTube, 12 minutes)

• AMC Museum web pages related to ATC

  • Exhibits main page (ATC Exhibit to be added)

  • Airlift during WWII by Jack Kinyon

  • ATC artifacts in the museum's collection (ATC Exhibit artifacts to be added)

  • Articles related to WWII history

  • Aircraft: C-47 Skytrain, C-54M Skymaster, C-60 Lodestar

• News articles about the exhibit

  • "Air Transport Command Exhibit Dedication & Hangar Flying Presentation" - AMC Museum

  • "AMC Museum plans Saturday tribute to WWII Air Transport Command" (exhibit photos) - Delaware State News

  • "Air Transport Command vets honored" (veteran's comments and photo) - Delaware State News

  • "AMC Museum unveils Air Transport Command exhibit" - Dover AFB

  • "AMC Museum opens exhibit honoring Air Transport Command" - Hangar Digest (July-Sept 2016)

  • ATC Exhibit Unveiling and Hangar Talk poster - AMC Museum

ATC Veterans In the News

• Carl F. Constein - China-Burma-India "Hump" pilot

  • Interview with Dr. Carl F. Constein, WWII CBI Hump Pilot - March, 2012 (YouTube, 44 minutes)

  • Flying the Hump During WWII - (YouTube, 30 minutes)

• Mike Hunt - Pilot

  • "Alaska Veterans Honored at Memorial Day Weekend Ceremony" - Coastal Television Broadcasting

  • Alaska aviation centennial gets special gift from long-time bush pilot - Alaska Dispatch News

• Jack Kinyon - Flight Traffic Clerk (Loadmaster)

  • Jack Kinyon shares his Air Transport Command story - Clare Oaks Blog

  • Interview - May 21, 2016 (YouTube, 28 minutes)

  • “The Winter of ‘44”, a poem by Sgt. Jack Kinyon (YouTube, 2 minutes)

  • "Honor Flight -- World War II Veterans Visit Their Memorial" - Through the Lens (pages 4-6)

  • "Air Transport Command - Airlift During WWII" - Gazing Skyward TV

  • "Air Transport Command" - Jack spoke about his experiences to 88 sixth grade students on November 8, 2017

    • Video with Quilts of Valor presentation, talks by Joe Tremmel and Jack Kinyon (with Q&A), and student art slideshow (YouTube, 1 hour, 23 minutes)

    • Slides used in Jack's presentation

    • Photos of the event

    • Student questions answered by Jack (5 pages, PDF)

• Joseph Mackey - Pilot, ATC Fireball commanding officer, airshow performer, racer, aerobatic champion, airline founder

  • "Col. Joseph C. Mackey, Unsung Aviation Pioneer" - Gail S. Ravitts, 2006

  • "Fireball Commander Joseph C. Mackey" - Gail S. Ravitts

  • "Why I Remember Col. Mackey" - Gail S. Ravitts

  • "A Christmas Tree for Ascension Island" - Miami Herald, 1944

  • "Fireball Line World's Longest Run" - newspaper article

  • "Fireball Recognition" - November 11, 1944

  • "Fireball's First Birthday" - newspaper article

  • "Air-Calloused Flyers Pioneers of Skyways" - newspaper article

  • "20th Ferrying Group Yearbook"

  • Aviation Hall of Fame 1981 inductees Lt. Gen. James Doolittle and Joseph Mackey - newspaper article

  • "Memories of Mackey" - James A. Hilley

  • "Memories of Mackey" - Leonard Calkins

  • "Memories of Mackey" - Linwood S. Hall, February 23, 2006

  • "Memories of Mackey" - Lyle McNames

  • "Memories of Mackey" - Paul Kahler, December 20, 1999

  • Photos

  • Bibliography - Gail S. Ravitts

• Richard Ravitts - C-87 and C-54 pilot, and former president of ATCA

  • The Real Aviators of Rockford - Northwest Quarterly

• George Schofield - Navigator

  • Interview - May 21, 2016 (YouTube, 25 minutes)

• Edmond Sipowicz - Tech. Sgt.

  • Interview - May 21, 2016 (YouTube, 28 minutes)

• Bill Voigt - WWII and Berlin Airlift pilot

  • Interview - (YouTube, 51 minutes)

• John Byrton DeWitt Winder - WWII Hump pilot

  • Second Chances - "Alumna Weds Long-Lost Sweetheart After 60 Years Apart"

  • Obituary - Middletown Transcript

Newsletters

• The Fireball Flashes - 1944-1945 newsletters (56-page PDF, 35 MB - takes a while to download)

• Air Transport Command Association newsletters (PDF)

  • Flight Plan, July, 2017

  • Flight Plan, February, 2009

  • Flight Plan, February, 2008

  • Flight Plan, November, 2006

  • Flight Plan, 2002-2003

  • Flight Plan, August, 2000

Facebook Groups (not affiliated with the Air Transport Command Association)

• The Air Transport Command Historical Society

• USAAF Reenactors & Collectors

• The Douglas C-54/DC-4 Skymaster

Websites (not affiliated with the Air Transport Command Association)

• CMP Shops pages about ATC

View Reunion Photo Albums and Slideshows

(Click the city name to open the photo album, then click any photo and use the left and right arrow keys to move between them. Use the escape key to exit. If videos do not play properly, right-click and download.)

• 2016 - Dover

• 2010 - Dover

• 2009 - San Diego

• 2008 - D.C. (slideshow video)

• 2007 - Seattle (slideshow video)

• 2006 - Dayton (slideshow video)

• 2003 - New Orleans (slideshow video)

• 2002 - Colorado Springs

Air Transport Command Association

• Claire Lyn Saxon, President (clsaxon (at) earthlink.net)

• Jack Kinyon, Director and Historian (jhkinyon (at) gmail.com)

• Jean Kumernitsky, Director

• John J. Kinyon, Secretary/Treasurer, webmaster (jjk2005 (at) gmail.com)

• Robert Skalany, Director

The Air Transport Command Association is a 501(c)(19) not-for-profit all-volunteer organization. Donations are welcome.