As a ferry pilot, his duties were to deliver aircraft from factories in England to bases at the front in France.

In May 1941 the ship was part of a relief convoy to Malta and delivered aircraft to the island.

The company said on Tuesday that it delivered 534 commercial aircraft and booked net orders for 1,419 planes worth $140bn (£91bn).

The Army delivered a few single engine, L type aircraft to be used.

The first 4 delivered aircraft were S.205s, but were later converted into S.208s.

From then on, the A300 family sold well, eventually reaching a total of 878 delivered aircraft.

Of the 25 delivered aircraft, 18 were written off.

After six months recovering, he was posted to an aircraft ferry unit which would deliver new aircraft from their factories to the operational units.

In this way, one ferry run from Britain would deliver enough aircraft for two flying-off operations.

Their ability to deliver aircraft comes as a secondary issue.