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Airport registers [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Sub-series

Date:

1939-1941

Reference:

R184-212-8-E, RG12-C-1

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

133888

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Department of Transport fonds

Airports Group

Airport registers
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Date(s):

1939-1941

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Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

0.25 m of textual records

Language of material:

English

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Sub-series consists of a variety of airport registers from the period 1939-1941. Volumes 1012-1013 contain registers that provide details on daily activities at airports, especially aircraft movements. Volume 2026 contains a three part airport register or watch log for the period from 6 January 1939 to 12 December 1941 in which airport officials recorded various details about each landing and take off at Gander. The information includes: date of arrival, aircraft type and number, the names of the pilot and passengers and the time of arrival and/or departure. Recording this information ceased in December 1941 because of the large number of arrivals and departures; from June 1940 to the end of 1941, the recordings cover RAF Ferry Command operations only. In the late 1930s the government of Newfoundland undertook the construction of an airport at Gander in order to facilitate trans-Atlantic air traffic. The airport facilities were completed and officially opened in 1939. During the Second World War, Gander assumed strategic importance for allied air forces. In April 1941, Canada acquired operational control of the airport for the duration of the war. The airport was returned to the Newfoundland government in 1946 but reverted to Canada at the time of confederation in 1949.

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Related material:

Related records may also be found in the Headquarters central registry series as well as in the Canadian Air Transportation Administration central registry files sub-series (MIKAN 180029). In the later sub-series volumes 3097-3140 consist of block 5151 registry files dealing with the establishment and operation of airports in Canada, 1919 to 1967.

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1984-85/570 GAD
RG12

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RG12-C-1
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [RG12]

[Consultation 90 Open]

1012--1013;

[Consultation 90 Open]

2026;

[Consultation 90 Open]

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