Geoff's April Deliveries for 21 Ferry Control
April 2 1944 he takes Hurricane 563 from Drigh Road to Jodhpur 2.00. then Jodhpur - Palam 1.40. Finally Palam - Lahore 1.35
April 4, another Hurricane (974) Lahore - Chaklala 1.15. Then Chaklala - Peshawar 1.30.
There must have been a rail transfer back to Lahore as his next flight is:
April 7 Harvard 785, Lahore - Palam 2.15. Palam - Jodhpur 2.45. He is returned to Mauripur that same day by BOAC Ensign 3.00. (He must have been on first name terms with the check-in folk in Jodhpur by now)!
April 14 it's back up to the Khyber Pass, he passengers on Hudson 602, Mauripur - Peshawar 4.30. Peshawar - Kohat .30. Kohat - Lahore 1.35.
April 15 He takes Hurricane 696 from Lahore to Palam 1.35. Then Palam - Allahabad 2.25.
April 16 he is returned to Mauripur, passenger on Hudson 609 5.30.
April 22 he flies as second pilot with P/O Wetmore, on Dakota 640 Mauripur - Palam 5.10.
There must have been a rail transfer up to the north of Delhi as next is:
April 23 (with a Sgt Gilson in the back seat) he takes Harvard 422 Ambala - Palam 1.00. Palam - Allahabad 2.15 They nightstop there.
April 24 They continue, Allahabad - Gaya 1.30. Gaya - Baigachi 2.00.
April 27 He returns, from Calcutta, to Mauripur on a BOAC Ensign 10.30.
Summary for April: 12.00 hours Hurricane, 11.45 hours Harvard, 5.10 (2nd pilot) Dakota. 25.35 hours passenger, and six airframes delivered across the breadth of the sub- continent.
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