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Geoffrey Ronald Beck fonds [textual record, graphic material]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1915-1952.

Reference:

R2619-0-9-E, MG30-E224

Type of material:

Textual material, Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

102562

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Geoffrey Ronald Beck fonds
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Fonds includes:

14 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1915-1952.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

10 cm of textual records.
111 photographs b&w.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of correspondence, n.d. 1923-1945; miscellaneous certificates, 1927-1945; airship ticket, 1931; clippings, n.d., 1926-1944; Training Transfer cards, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force, 1916-1918; Licences and competency certificates, 1916-1943; flight logs, 1924-1931; materials reflecting G.R. Beck's interest and activities in aviation and his role as General Manager of No. 8 Air Observer School, 1941-1945.

Fonds also consists of 55 photographs, 1916-1952, depicting aerial views of southern England, 1921; German airship LZ-127 Graf Zeppelin; short "C" - class flying boats Caledonia and Cambria of Imperial Airways, Canada, 1937; activities of Geoffrey Ronald Beck as general manager of No. 8 A.O.S., R.C.A.F., Ancienne Lorette, Que., 1941-1944; visit of Marshall of the R.A.F. Lord Trenchard, Ottawa, Ont., 1952; Lt. G.R. Beck, R.F.C., London, England, 1916.

Fonds also consists of 56 photographs, 1915-1945, depicting activities and associates of Captain G.R. Beck, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force, 1915-1918; wreckage of H.M. Airship R-101, France, 1931; personnel and activities of the Number 8 Air Observers School, R.C.A.F., Ancienne Lorette Quebec, 1941-1945; Quebec Conference, Quebec, Quebec, 1943; portraits of Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill and of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Provenance:

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Beck, Geoffrey Ronald, 1896-1975

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Beck, Geoffrey Ronald, 1896-1975

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Beck, Geoffrey Ronald, 1896-1975 : Geoffrey R. Beck, pilot, aviator, insurance agent, was born in London, England. He enlisted in the London Regiment in 1914. He transferred to the Royal Flying Corps in 1916 where he specialized in advanced training and test work. Following the end of the war Beck was involved in a wide range of civilian activities until he came to Canada in 1929 to work as a test pilot for Curtis-Reid Aircraft Co. He left this firm in 1932 to enter the life insurance business, eventually specializing in aviation insurance. From 1941 to 1945 Beck was General Manager of No. 8 Air Observer School at Ancienne Lorette, Que., an establishment run by Canadian Pacific Airlines as part of the British Commonwealth Air Training plan.

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General note:

Textual records and 55 photographs, 1916-1952 (accession 1975-429 NPC) received in 1975 from Mrs. G.R. Beck through Air Marshal C.R. Dunlap. 56 photographs, 1915-1945 (accession 1976-126 NPC) received from Mrs. G.R. Beck in 1976.

Associated material note:

Published materials accompanying 56 photographs, 1915-1945 (accession 1976-126 NPC): Transferred to the PAC Library.
Subject heading:

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Air pilots Canada

Pilotes d'aéronef Canada

Great Britain

Grande-Bretagne
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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1975-429 NPC
1976-126 NPC

Former archival reference no.:

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MG30-E224
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [MG30 E 224] 1

[Consultation 90 Open]

Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Box [BECK, GEOFFREY RONALD 1976-126]

[Consultation 90 Open]

6221;

[Consultation 90 Open]

INT 020;

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Photographs: No donor restrictions. Various copyrights on items less than 50 years old. Copyright expired on items more than 50 years old. Credit: Name of photographer / National Archives of Canada / Copy negative no.

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