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CA ON00093 2015/7 · Fonds · 1954, 2002

Fonds consists of flight log, range chart, information sheet and a large map regarding Trip 599, the last flight for 426 Squadron from Shemya, Alaska to Haneda, Japan on 2 June 1954 during the Korean War.

426 (Thunderbird) Squadron Association
436 Squadron fonds
CA ON00093 77/574 · Fonds · 1944-1945

Fonds consists of a scrapbook compiled during the Second World War. It includes a great range of Canadian newspaper clippings concerning airmen in South East Asia, notably in Burma, India, Saudi Arabia, Ceylon, Japan, etc. Arranged in chronological order, the clippings include examples of victories, defeats and historical accounts of events concerning Canadian airmen in South East Asia. Also, it includes photographs of airmen regarding their stories, medals, uniforms, customs, etc.

Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force. Squadron. 436
441 Squadron fonds
CA ON00093 78/323 · Fonds · 1944-1945

Fonds consists of 11 volumes of Squadron records during 1944 to 1945. Volumes 1-2 include operational reports (opreps) consisting of daily reports from 441 Squadron to various headquarters, including the Royal Air Force (RAF), Allied Expeditionary Air Force, and 144 Airfield. Also includes volumes regarding flight logs, honours and awards, flying accidents, casualties, the Squadron unit badge and monthly training and flying returns. Volume 4 includes the returns of the pilots’ flying times and is classified.

Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force. Squadron, 441
442 Squadron fonds
CA ON00093 78/58 · Fonds · 1943-945

Fonds consists of files dealing only with the period when No. 442 Squadron was overseas during the Second World War. It includes a list of flying accidents along with a list of officers and/or aircrafts that went missing or died during the Squadron's overseas operations. Also included in are daily operational reports "Opreps", combat reports, weekly changes in strength of operational aircrafts, monthly flying times and monthly returns of officer and airmen pilots.

Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force. Squadron, No. 442
CA ON00093 2010/16 · Fonds · 1945

Fonds consists of the weekly newspaper “The Mercury” published by the 4th Canadian Armoured Divisional Signals in 1945. 13 issues of the publication are included from Sept. to Dec. 1945. The newspaper was published by the unit while it was in Almelo and Hilversum, Netherlands. Articles concern topics in unit life such as entertainment, sports, recruitments and departures, unit personnel, opinions and upcoming events. The pages also include photographs and satirical cartoons.

Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Armoured Divisional Signals, 4th
664 Squadron fonds
CA ON00093 78/87 · Fonds · 1943-1946

Fonds consists of files regarding the organization and administration of 664 Squadron during the Second World War. Progress reports, squadron routine orders (parades, details of duties, guards, disciplines, recreation, etc.), monthly security reports, air ministry return serials, personnel occurrence reports [for officers and airmen], and strength return RCAF personnel reports are all included in the fonds. The fonds also includes Squadron routine orders and reports regarding monthly flying times and flying accidents.

Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force. Squadron, 664
666 Squadron fonds
CA ON00093 78/88 · Fonds · 1945

Fonds consists of files regarding a court of inquiry, activities, progress reports, transport work tickets, delivery returns, photographs, injury reports, as well as both flying and road accidents of 666 Squadron during 1945. The fonds also contains a file on the final disbandment of the Squadron.

Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force. Squadron, 666
CA ON00093 2007/27 · Fonds · 1989-1991

Fonds consists of files concerning Canada’s participation in the Persian Gulf War of 1990-1991. Includes a wide variety of communication signals and messages that were transmitted and received from late January to March 1991. Also includes Central Registry files covering a wide variety of military subjects, including air tasking orders, military intelligence and Operation Desert Shield. There are also some miscellaneous files, including incoming and outgoing messages from the Canadian Liaison Officer, U.S. Central Command. There are three series:
I. Communications Signals and Messages
II. Central Registry Files
III. General Files

Canada. Canadian Armed Forces. Canadian Headquarters and Signals Squadron, 90
A. Fortescue Duguid fonds
CA ON00093 2001/10 · Fonds · 1915-1962

Fonds consists of materials documenting A. Fortescue Duguid's activities in the preparation of the "Official History of the Canadian Forces in the Great War 1914-1919" and his interest in military history. Also includes documents regarding the Second Battle of Ypres in 1915, military history publications, and various other subjects of a military nature. Includes correspondence, reports, articles, and various other documents. There are 6 series:
I. Papers relating to official histories (1921-1947)
II. Papers relating to the parts of "Official History of the Canadian Forces in the Great War" (1915-1947)
III. Correspondence regarding military history publications (1922-1947)
IV. Publications, reprints, narratives, etc. (1921-1962)
V. The Second Battle of Ypres, 1915 (1921-1936)
VI. Miscellaneous (1919-1962)

Duguid, A. Fortescue (Archer Fortescue), 1887-1976
A.B.F. Fraser-Harris fonds
CA ON00093 93/432 · Fonds · Photocopied 1993 and 2004 (originally created 1936-1999)

Fonds consists of 3 files concerning A.B.F. Fraser-Harris naval career. File 1 consists of correspondence between A.B.F. Fraser-Harris and Robbie Hughes concerning Fraser-Harris' naval career. File 2 consists of reports re Fraser-Harris' performance, appointments and promotions during 1936-1963; and includes: certificates of conduct (1947-1963); reports on officers (1955-1958, 1961-1963); flying progress reports (1957, 1961); reports re appointments and promotions (1936-1955); reports on pilots and observers (1944-1948); and reports on the fitness of officers (1958-1960). File 3 contains biographical information (ca.1951-1999), and includes personal information form, records of service, citations, career notes, biographies, a personal history as well as correspondence, memoranda and other documents.

Fraser-Harris, A.B.F.
CA ON00093 73/251 · Fonds · 1964

Fonds consists of a report by the Ad Hoc Working Group on Naval Programmes and entitled “Study on Size and Shape of Royal Canadian Navy 1964-1974”. The purpose of the report was to study and report on the size and shape of the RCN over the next five to ten years. The report was prepared at the direction of the Chief of Naval Staff who instructed the Group that the aim of the Navy was to be primarily effective for anti-submarine warfare and to also have a capability for United Nations peacekeeping operations and limited war.

Canada. Dept. of National Defence. Ad Hoc Working Group on Naval Programmes
Admiralty fonds
CA ON00093 2011/9 · Fonds · 1942

Fonds consists of a volume entitled “Manual of Seamanship, Volume One” (BR 67) originally published in 1937 and reproduced in Canada in 1942. Admiralty printed books and pamphlets issued to the Navy in the BR (Books of Reference) series, which did not need inclusion in the security classified CB or SP series. They include regulations and instructions, handbooks and training manuals, reports and works of reference. The manual details marine life, giving information on naval routines, navigation, various parts of a ship and how to go about working with said parts, life saving, provisions and signals.

Great Britain. Admiralty
CA ON00093 2011/25; ADM 239/276 · Fonds · 1939

Fonds consists of a British Admiralty publication that is part of the Confidential Reference Books (CB) series and is entitled “The Technical History and Index: A Serial History of Technical Problems Dealt with By Admiralty Departments Volume 3 Part 37 Inception and Development of the Northern Base.” The document was created in response to a request for an account of technical developments relating to the establishment and reduction of the Northern Base. The Northern Base was located at Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom. The base was used as Great Britain’s primary Northern Naval Base during the First and Second World Wars. This includes reports regarding communication throughout the islands; fuel and water supply; dockyard work; fleet repair work; and provisions required for the base and its ships.

Great Britain. Admiralty. Technical History Section
CA ON00093 112.2M2 (D655) · Fonds · 1952-1956

Fonds consists of five volumes of various documents pertaining to the Advisory Committee on Northern Development (ACND). This includes minutes of meetings, correspondence, memoranda, maps, graphical records, numerical summaries and interdepartmental committee reports. The third volume includes a translation of a Russian document, entitled “In the Heart of the Arctic”, that was prepared by the Defence Scientific Information Service of the Defence Research Board in 1955. Among others, items discussed at the ACND meetings include the following: Inuit settlement, the Northwest Highway System, petroleum in the Arctic, proposed pipelines, oil exploration, arctic expeditions, US hydrographic operations, arctic re-supply, United States Air Force (USAF) activities, the Distant Early Warning Line, the Mid-Canada Line, airstrips in the Far North, navigation in the Hudson Strait and hydroelectric developments in the Yukon.

Canada. Advisory Committee on Northern Development
A.E. Godfrey collection
CA ON00093 2004/31 · Fonds · ca. 1923-1982

Collection consists of material relating to the professional career of Air Vice Marshal Albert Earl Godfrey. Material consists of: newspaper clippings; biographical sketches; a paper written by AVM Godfrey relating to his experiences in the First World War; a transcript of interview conducted by S.F.Wise, W.A.B. Douglas, R.V. Dodds, F.H. Hatch, and B. Greenhous; records of service; black and white photographs; and other miscellaneous material.

Godfrey, A.E.
A.E. Martin collection
CA ON00093 2001/43 · Fonds · Reproduced and transcribed 1979-1981 (originally created 1943)

Collection consists of a diary of Flight Sergeant A.E. Martin, covering the period 16 February to 1 June 1943 during which time he was stationed with 14 (F) Squadron on Umnak Island in the Aleutians. His account focuses on the day-to-day experiences of an Air Force Senior Non-Commissioned Officer with abundant personal and contemporary detail. Accompanying the text are black andwhite photographs, many with corresponding negatives and captions. Also includes correspondence between Martin and Captain M.V. Bezeau, a historian at the Directorate of History in Ottawa.

Martin, A.E.
CA ON00093 2018/2 · Fonds · 1945-2009

Fonds consists of reports detailing the many experiments and developments that took place at the Aerospace Engineering Test Establishment and its predecessors from 1946 to 2009. There are 5 series:

  1. RCAF Test and Development Establishment Reports (1946)
  2. Experimental and Proving Establishment Reports (1946-1950)
  3. Central Experimental and Proving Establishment Reports (1949-1968)
  4. Aerospace Engineering Test Establishment Reports (1965-2009)
  5. General Files (1945-1946, 1987)
Aerospace Engineering Test Establishment
A.G. Sangster fonds
CA ON00093 2013/2013 · Fonds · Printed in 2013 (originally created in 1948)

Fonds consists of an article by Major A.G. Sangster, entitled “Some Mechanical Aspects of Exercise ‘Musk-Ox’”. Prepared for The Engineering Journal, the article describes the mechanical experience gained from the non-tactical exercise, which was undertaken by the Canadian Army and the Royal Canadian Air Force from February to May 1946. Discussed are the vehicles used, the operating conditions, the operation of components, as well as the methods of maintenance and repair.

Sangster, A.G.
A.G. Steiger collection
CA ON00093 SGR I-II · Fonds · Photocopied [19-]; Microfilmed [19-], 1969, 1971; and translated [19-], 1985-1987 (originally created 1930-1975; predominant dates 1939-1945)

Collection consists of documents in the German language which originated in Germany during the Second World War. Many are translated into English. They also include: documents relating to research on specific aspects of the First World War; lists of documents held in other archives; and some secondary published material about German military history in general. In addition to individual files, there are also series of files with finding aids. These include:
I. Steiger Items and Sets of Notes (SGR I 196)
II. Developments and Employment of the German Anti-Aircraft Artillery and of the Air Defence Organization in the First World War (SGR II 140)
III. Erhard Milch Papers (SGR II 217)
IV. Operations Division, German Naval Staff War Diary (SGR II 261)
V. Air Ministry, Air Historical Branch Translations of German Historical Studies (SGR II 264)
VI. German Language Staff and Historical Studies on the Air War (1939-1945) (SGR II 265)
VII. The German Air Force in Defence and Defeat: The Western Theatre of Operations (SGR II 320)
VIII. German Naval Commands and Surface Vessels War Diaries and Other Documents (SGR II 340)

Steiger, A.G.
Agnes Isabel Tennant fonds
CA ON00093 2004/59 · Fonds · [ca.1939]-1945, 1980-1991

Fonds consists of photographs taken by Agnes Tennant during the Second World War when she served as a Nursing Matron with the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps. Includes photographs taken in The Netherlands, Germany, Belgium and the United Kingdom. Most have no captions. Also includes a copy of her personnel file and 2 post cards.

Tennant, Agnes Isabel