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1918-1965 (Creation)
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- Canada. Air Force Headquarters
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2.68 m of textual records
24 photographs
24 maps
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It was first formed as the Canadian Air Force Headquarters on 18 February 1920 and it was re-designated Royal Canadian Air Force Headquarters on 1 April 1924. On the eve of the beginning of the war, 31 August 1939, it was once again re-designated Air Force Headquarters. It ceased to exist on the formation of Canadian Forces Headquarters on 1 August 1964.
Custodial history
Fonds was transferred to the Air Historian, Air Force Headquarters from Air Force Headquarters, Ottawa [circa 1951-1952]. It is unclear where the fonds was stored following the 1950s.
Scope and content
Fonds consists of seven series of Air Force Headquarters files pertaining to Operations by the RCAF for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Mobile Striking Force, Air Defence planning, Air Council meetings, and policy and outline of RCAF Target Force during the 1950s. Files mainly include various correspondence, memoranda, telegrams, minutes of meetings, operation orders, and many other various documents. The seven series are as follows: Fonds is comprised of the following series:
I. Operations by the RCAF for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (1 Dec 1922 - 21 Sep 1939)
II. Planning: Mobile Striking Force (19 Jan 1948 - 6 Jan 1956)
III. Planning: Air Defence (3 Apr 1933 - 21 Aug 1953)
IV. Conferences, Conventions and Meetings - Air Council Meetings (1938-1964)
V. Mobile Striking Force (19 Aug 1949 - 26 Feb 1959)
VI. Policy and outline of RCAF Target Force during the 1950s (1950 - 1952)
VII. General reference files (1918-1945)
VIII. Organization and Establishments (1918-1964)
IX. Canada's National Effort - Armed Forces in the Early Stages of Major War (1939-1940)
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Fonds was formally accessioned on 26 Feb 1973 and was reviewed for declassification in Jan 1996.
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- English
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Unclassified
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Finding aids
Copies of the finding aid can be found in the first file of the fonds and in the Reading Room at the Directorate of History and Heritage. Electronic copies are also available.
Associated materials
Related material can be found in the Document Collection under the heading "Air Force Headquarters", and in the Kardex Collection under "AFHQ", "Air Force HQ" and "Air Force Headquarters".
Similar plans as those in Series VI exist for the set up of the Postwar Canadian Army: see Kardex documents 112.3S2.009 (D302) and 112.3S2.009 (D303) (plans "G" and "H" respectively).
The following associated materials can be found at Library and Archives Canada:
Royal Canadian Air Force headquarters central registries [textual records (some microform)] Ref numbers, new: R112-563-2-E, former: RG24-E-1
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No further accruals are expected.
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Documents previously accessioned as 73/443.
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Maps are found in the following files: Series I, Files: 1, 4, 7, 8 Series II, Files: 12, 13, 15 Series III, Files: 16, 17, 19, 20, 22, 23, 25 Series IV, File: 58 Series VII, File: 10 24 black and white photographs are found in Series I, File 3.
General note
Documents previously accessioned as 73/443
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24 black and white photographs are found in Series I, File 3.