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E.L.A. Smith fonds [textual record, graphic material]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1941-1986.

Reference:

R2670-0-2-E, MG30-E492

Type of material:

Textual material, Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

107010

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E.L.A. Smith fonds
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Record information – Details
Date(s):

1941-1986.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

5 cm of textual records.
3 photographs 2 b&w.

Language of material:

English

Scope and content:

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Fonds consists of a log book, 1942-1945, recording his career in the Royal Air Force Ferry Command and his memoirs covering his entire career.

The fonds also contains photographs of Flight-Sergeant E.L.A. Smith, R.C.A.F., 1941-1942, and Mr. E.L.A. Smith and friends, Mesa, Arizona, 1986.

Provenance:

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Smith, E.L.A., 1921-
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Great Britain. Royal Air Force. Ferry Command

Grande-Bretagne. Royal Air Force. Ferry Command

Smith, E. L. A., 1921-
Biography/Administrative history:

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Smith, E.L.A., 1921- : Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, E.L.A. Smith was employed at the Royal Bank of Canada before the outbreak of war. In 1941, he enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force reporting to a Manning Depot in Brandon. He attended an Initial Training School in Regina and an Elementary Training School in Lethbridge. He thereafter re-enlisted in Air Crew and was re-mustered Wireless Air Gunner, graduating as an Air Gunner in 1942. He was one of the first of the R.C.A.F. to join the Royal Air Force Ferry Command (later known as the Atlantic Transport) and remained in this service until the end of the war.

After the war, he settled in London, Ontario, and was active in both insurance and real estate.

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General note:

Presented in 1986 by Mr. E.L.A. Smith of Thunder Bay, Ontario.
Subject heading:

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Air pilots, Military Canada

Pilotes d'aéronef militaires Canada
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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1986-135 NPC

Former archival reference no.:

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MG30-E492
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [MG30 E 492] 1

[Consultation 90 Open]

Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Box [SMITH, E.L.A. 1986-135] 3962

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Photographs. No restrictions on use or reproduction. Copyright unknown. Credit: Name of photographer / National Archives of Canada / Copy negative no.

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