What village was the Hunting-Clan Air Transport's first operating base located near?
Bovingdon
Hunting-Clan Air Transport
Hunting-Clan Air Transport was a wholly private, British independent airline that was founded in the immediate post-World War II period.
 It began trading on January 1, 1946 as Hunting Air Travel Ltd.
 It was a subsidiary of the Hunting Group of companies, which had come from the shipping industry and could trace its history back to the 19th century.
 The newly formed airline's first operating base was at Bovingdon Airport in Southeast England.
 Its main activities were contract, scheduled and non-scheduled domestic and international air services that were initially operated with Douglas Dakota and Vickers Viking piston airliners from the company's Bovingdon base.
 A change of name to Hunting Air Transport occurred in 1951.
 By that time, the airline had emerged as one of the healthiest and most securely financed independent airlines in Britain.
 In October 1953, the firm's name changed to Hunting-Clan Air Transport, as a result of an agreement between the Hunting Group and the Clan Line group of companies to invest £500,000 each in a new company named Hunting-Clan Air Holdings Ltd, the holding company for the combined group's air transport interests.
 Apart from Hunting-Clan Air Transport itself, this included Field Aircraft Services Ltd, the Hunting group's aircraft maintenance arm.
 In 1960, Hunting-Clan Air Transport merged with the Airwork group to form British United Airways (BUA).
RAF Bovingdon
Royal Air Force Bovingdon or more simply RAF Bovingdon is a former Royal Air Force station located near the village of Bovingdon, 2.5 mi south of Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire and 2.5 mi southeast of Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England.
RAAF Base Nabiac
RAAF Base Nabiac was an advanced operating base for the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), during the Second World War, near Nabiac, New South Wales, Australia.
 Constructed in 1942 by the NSW Public Works Department 10 km to the south east of Nabiac.
 The aerodrome consisted of four runways, with associated bomb dumps and camouflaged hangars for the Avro Anson and Douglas Boston aircraft stationed at the aerodrome.
 The base was closed after the war and fell into disuse.
 New England Airways later commenced a passenger and freight service and later Butler Air Transport then took over operations until 1952, when Wallis Island Aerodrome at Forster was opened. 1705th Air Transport Group
The 1705th Air Transport Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit.
 Its last was assigned to the Western Transport Air Force, Military Air Transport Service, stationed at McChord Air Force Base, Washington.
 It was inactivated on 18 June 1960.
 Upon inactivation, most personnel and equipment reassigned to 62d Air Transport Wing. 1500th Air Transport Wing
The 1500th Air Transport Wing (ATW) is a discontinued United States Air Force unit.
 It was last active in 1971 at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii under the designation 6486th Air Base Wing (ABW).
 The 1500th ATW was a heavy cargo transport wing of Military Air Transport Service (MATS), formed on 1 June 1949.
 In 1952 the wing lost its operational elements and became the base support element for Hickam until it was replaced by the 15th Air Base Wing in 1971. Forward Operating Base Iskandariyah
Forward Operating Base Iskandariyah (Arabic:إسكندرية), or FOB Iskandariyah, was a United States military forward operating base located on the grounds of the Musayyib Power Plant and the banks of the Euphrates River, north of the town of Musayyib, Babil Governorate, Iraq from 2003 to 2009. 1503d Air Transport Wing
The 1503d Air Transport Wing is an inactive United States Air Force unit.
 It was last assigned to Western Transport Air Force of Military Air Transport Service at Tachikawa Air Base, Japan.
 It was inactivated on 22 June 1964 and its remaining squadron transferred to the 1503d Air Transport Group. Operation Safe Haven (1957)
Operation Safe Haven was a refugee relocation operation executed by the United States Marine Corps to evacuate 15,570-21,000 of the 200,000 Hungarian refugees to the United States following the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.
 The airlift was ordered by Dwight D. Eisenhower on Dec. 10, 1956, as a Cold War response to the Soviet suppression of the Hungarian revolt.
 It was a joint endeavor by the United States Bolling and Military Air Transport Services, the United States Navy, and various commercial aircraft.
 On January 1, 1957, air transports from the 1608th Air Transport Wing from Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., and 175 aircraft from the 1611th Air Transport Wing from McGuire AFB, N.J., relocated 9,700 refugees to the United States, under the direction of Airlift Task Force commander Major General George B. Dany.
 In addition to air transport, from December 18, 1956, through February 14, 1957, ships of the Navy's Military Sea Transportation Service (USNS Eltinge, Haan, Marine Carp, and Walker) transported 8,944 refugees from Bremerhaven, Germany, to New York City, USA.
 These refugees were job-classified by the U.S. Labor Department as they made their way to American shores. British United Airways
British United Airways (BUA) was a private, independent British airline formed as a result of the merger of Airwork Services and Hunting-Clan Air Transport in July 1960, making it the largest wholly private airline based in the United Kingdom at the time.
 British and Commonwealth Shipping (B&C) was the new airline's main shareholder. 1703d Air Transport Group
The 1703d Air Transport Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit.
 It was assigned to Military Air Transport Service (MATS) at Brookley Air Force Base, Alabama.
 It was inactivated on 18 June 1957.
 The group was formed in 1948 as the 521st Air Transport Group when MATS replaced Air Transport Command and converted its units to the Wing Base organization system.