Consairway (also Consairway Division or Consolidated Airway) was an American civilian wartime airline created in late 1941 as a subsidiary of the Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation.[1][2]
During its peak in 1943, the airline had 800 employees and operated twice-weekly flights to the South West Pacific.[3] Consairway was reported to have flown more than 101 million ton-miles of cargo and 299 million passenger miles by its closing in 1945.[4]
In 1992, the civilian employees who had worked overseas for Consairway between 14 December 1941, and 14 August 1945, received status and benefits as military veterans under the Veterans Benefits Administration.[1][2][6]
^ abcdeKraul, Chris (2 November 1992). "Intrepid Airmen Become Veterans, 47 Years After WWII : Aviation: Consairway employees, who ferried B-24s and PBYs overseas, realize long-sought goal in receiving the status". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
^ abcdThompson, Ian (31 January 2014). "Consairway provides non-military support in Pacific". Daily Republic. Fairfield, California. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
^Delaplane Conti, Kristin (5 February 1995). "Air Base originally meant to house bombers". Historic Articles of Solano County Online Database. Vacaville Heritage Council. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
^Simons, Graham (19 August 2012). Liberator: The Consolidated B-24. Castemate Publishers. p. 119. ISBN9781783035915. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
^"Individuals and groups considered to have performed active military, naval, or air service" (MS Word). Veterans Benefits Administration. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
Further readingedit
Westwood, Melvin N. (1995). Contract Military Air Transport From the Ground Up. Corvallis, Oregon.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
External linksedit
Flight Deck – digitized copies of Consairway newsletter
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