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After the British Forces occupied the Faroes
in 1940, they constructed a landing field for aircraft at Sorvaag.
When the war was ended, this was turned over to the Faroese Government
and was used as a commercial airport. In 1946 Faroe Airlines made
the first attempt to establish a regularly scheduled air serviceusing DC3s.
The first flight of Faroe Airlines took place on July 10, 1946 (Copenhagen
- Prestwick - Vagar) with the return flight occurring on July 12-13.
The air service was discontinued on September 25, 1946. This particular
cover was posted from the Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham Post Office on August
29, 1946 and was received in Thorshavn on September 7. Flights did
not occur on a daily basis leading to the lengthy time in transit for correspondence,
with this particular letter having a transit time of 9 days. |
