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The 2nd Ferry Group of the Ferrying Division, Air Transport Command, based at New Castle Army Air Base in Delaware, delivered aircraft all over the world and was the first to utilize women pilots, the WAFS and WASPs. In late 1943, the group established a scheduled military airline, the "Crescent Caravan," from New Castle, Delaware, to Calcutta, India, flying C54 type aircraft.
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