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Air Board [textual record]

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Date:

1920-1922

Reference:

R112-392-1-E, RG24-E-2

Type of material:

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Item ID number:

135222

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Department of National Defence fonds

Air Board
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Date(s):

1920-1922

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Extent:

0.062 m of textual records

Language of material:

English

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Series consists of minutes of meetings of the Departmental Committee of the Air Board, August 1920-1922.

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Canada. Air Board

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Canada. Air Board : On June 6, 1919, Royal Assent was given to the Air Board Act (9-10 George V, chap. 11) which created a board "to supervise all matters connected with aeronautics". By an Order in Council of June 23, 1919 (P.C. 1295), the Honourable Arthur L. Sifton was named chairman of the Board and the following were appointed members: O.M. Biggar, Judge Advocate General; Hon. S.C. Newburn, Minister of Militia and Defence; Hon. C.C. Ballantyne, Minister of the Naval Service; Dr. R.M. Coulter, Deputy Minister, Department of the Naval Service; J.A. Wilson, Assistant Deputy Minister, Department of the Naval Service; and E.S. Busby, Chief Inspector, Department of Customs and Inland Revenue. The preliminary work of organization (the creation of a departmental staff, publication of civil aviation regulations and the general principles underlying the organization of the Canadian Air Force fixed) was completed by April 1920 and the Air Board was reorganized by Order-in-Council P.C. 826 of April 19, 1920. The new chairman was the Honourable Hugh Guthrie and the members were: O.M. Biggar, Sir Willoughby Gwatkin, Inspector General of the C.A.F., Lt.-Col. Robert Leckie, Director of Flying Operations, Lt.-Col. J.S. Scott, Controller of Civil Aviation, Capt. Walter Hose, Director of the Naval Service, Dr. E. Deville, Surveyor General.

The Board had three main functions: the regulation of civil aviation; the conduct of civil government operations; and the air defence of Canada, including the organization and administration of the Canadian Air Force. In addition to the Board, there was a Departmental Committee consisting of Biggar, Gwatkin, Leckie, Scott, J.A. Wilson who was the Board's secretary, the Air Officer Commanding the Canadian Air Force and the heads of the Technical and Equipment Branches. In January 1923, when the Department of National Defence was created, the Air Board ceased to exist as a separate agency and its functions were assumed by the Minister of National Defence. RG24 General Inventory

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Custodial history:

These records were copied in 1970 from originals in the Directorate of History, Canadian Forces Headquarters. Minutes of the Air Board, June 1919-June 1920, will be found in R.C.A.F. Headquarters file 866-1-27 and the annual reports of the Board will be found among the Sessional Papers in the records of Parliament (numbers 47a of 1920, 136 of 1921, 241 of 1923).

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Minutes of the Air Board, June 1919-June 1920, will be found in R.C.A.F. Headquarters file 866-1-27 and the annual reports of the Board will be found among the Sessional Papers in the records of Parliament (numbers 47a of 1920, 136 of 1921, 241 of 1923).

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RG24-E-2
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Volume [RG24] 3192

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