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{{Short description|Former command of the Royal Air Force}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2015}} {{Use British English|date=July 2015}} {{Infobox military unit |unit_name = Royal Air Force Ferry Command |image = |caption = Command crest |start_date = 20 July 1941 |end_date = 25 March 1943 |country = {{flagicon|UK}} [[United Kingdom]] |allegiance = |branch = [[File:Ensign of the Royal Air Force.svg|23px]] [[Royal Air Force]] |type = [[Command (military formation)|Command]] |role = [[Ferry flying|Aircraft delivery]] |size = |command_structure = |garrison = |garrison_label = |equipment = |equipment_label = |nickname = |patron = |motto = |colors = |colors_label = |march = |mascot = |battles = [[World War II]] |anniversaries = |decorations = |battle_honours = <!-- Commanders --> |current_commander = |current_commander_label = |ceremonial_chief = |ceremonial_chief_label = |colonel_of_the_regiment = |colonel_of_the_regiment_label = |notable_commanders = <!-- Insignia --> |identification_symbol = |identification_symbol_label = |identification_symbol_2 = |identification_symbol_2_label = <!-- Aircraft --> |aircraft_attack = |aircraft_bomber = |aircraft_electronic = |aircraft_fighter = |aircraft_interceptor = |aircraft_recon = |aircraft_patrol = |aircraft_trainer = |aircraft_transport = }} '''RAF Ferry Command''' was the secretive [[Royal Air Force]] [[Command (military formation)|command]] formed on 20 July 1941 to [[Ferry flying|ferry]] urgently needed aircraft from their place of manufacture in the United States and Canada, to the front line operational units in Britain, Europe, North Africa and the Middle East during the Second World War. It was later subsumed into the new [[RAF Transport Command|Transport Command]] on 25 March 1943 by being reduced to [[Group (military aviation unit)|Group]] status.
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