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Series consists of 3 files regarding RCAF Station St-Jean during 1951 to 1960. Includes personnel, aircraft, mobile and working establishments. The major subjects covered include: personnel management; and equipment and supplies. The series is arranged in numerical order by the Kardex reference number.

Series consists of 5 files regarding RCAF Station Trenton, ON and its detachments during 1944 to 1960. Includes personnel, mobile and working establishments. The major subjects includes: personnel management; and equipment and supplies. The series is arranged in numerical order by the Kardex reference number.

Series consists of 5 files regarding RCAF Station Whitehorse during 1944 to 1959. Includes: personnel, aircraft, mobile and working establishments; and reports. The major subjects covered include: personnel management; equipment and supplies; reports and reporting; and inspections. The series is arranged in numerical order by the Kardex reference number

Series consists of 8 files regarding RCAF Station Winnipeg, MB during 1947 to 1960. Includes: personnel, mobile and working establishments; reports; and other documents. The major subjects covered include: personnel management; equipment and supplies; military training; conferences; and ceremonies. The series is arranged in numerical order by the Kardex reference number.

Series consists of 5 files regarding the United States Navy Military Sea Transportation Service during 1952 to 1958. Includes reports, operation orders, operation plan and other documents. The major subjects covered include: operations other than war; Arctic regions; Equipment and supplies; DEW line, Canada-US military relations; and military cooperation. There is also information on the following operations: Operation Nanook; and Operation Sunec. The series is arranged in numerical order by the Kardex reference number.

Fonds consists of material related to the National Military Cemeteries Project. Includes information on Beechwood Cemetery and other cemeteries in Canada, burial rites, DHH administrative information pertinent to the project, and other administrative material. There are 2 series:

1. Subject Files
2. Canadian National Military Cemetery – National Cemeteries Project Files

Fonds consists of Part V of “Reminiscences” written by Dudley Gawen King in 1993, detailing naval operations and his life with the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) during the Second World War’s military campaign Battle of the Atlantic. This book is divided into five sections spanning from 1939 to 1945:

1) 1939 – April 1941 covers his active services in Esquimalt, Prince Rupert, and Halifax.
2) April 1941 – September 1942 consists of his command of HMCS Arvida, and HMCML Q-054. He also details the loss of HMCS Ottawa.
3) September 1942 – May 1943 recounts Arvida’s refit in Lunenburg Nova Scotia, the escorts of Convoy’s SC-101, ON-137, SS Bury, SC-107, and HX-233.
4) May 1943 – March 1944 covers Escort Group C-5 (Fifth Canadian Escort Group), Arvida’s refit in Maryland, and the German Naval Acoustic Torpedo (GNAT).
5) March 1944 – November 1945 covers HMCS Stettler, the Support Group EG-16, the loss of HMCS Magog and the Gribaltar convoys.

There is an additional sixth section where King examines the RCN and The Battle of the Atlantic in retrospect, and three appendices.

Fonds consist of a First World War typescript diary and two photograph albums by Lieutenant Cyprian Herbert Andrews that documents his service with the Royal Flying Corps (RFC). Andrews’ diary spans from the 30 September, 1917 – 6 February, 1918. He records his experiences in the diary with the RFC through the various squadrons: 83 Squadron, 90 C.T.S, 91 C.T.S, and 87 C.T.S. He also documents his cadet training at the School of Military Aeronautics and his flight experiences across different locations. The photographs albums accompany his diary on life in the RFC, and includes pictures of the various camps, classes, locations, planes and fellow RFC members Andrews encounters.

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.

Subseries consists of reports on the experiments and tests carried out at the Central Experimental and Proving Establishment site from 1949 to 1968. The reports contain information and/or recommendations on the performance, design and operation of various equipment. Includes information on the multiple fighter, transport, and search and rescue aircrafts, photography developments, weaponry testing, navigational devices, transceivers, and other miscellaneous aeronautical related items that were conducted at CEPE. The major aircrafts covered include the T-33 MK3 Aircraft, Canadair Sabre’s, Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck, Harvard 4 and several others. Additionally, transport and search and rescue planes (non-fighter) were tested, which include the De Havilland Otter aircraft, North Star Aircraft, Dakota Aircraft and many more. Other subjects covered were weaponry testing; the M6 Rifle-Shotgun, and .22 rocket, navigational devices; compasses and search and rescue equipment, transceivers; sloping vee antenna and radio tech. Some of the principal authors include: JK Sturrock; RD Rantz; JE Caird; ES Allen; FE Russell; LA Bowerman; TE Futcher; and H Aass. The series is arranged in numerical order by the report number.

Subseries consists of reports containing information and/or recommendations on the performance, design and operation of equipment. The reports detail the developments of armaments for the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) for use on aircrafts and other weaponry at the Air Armament Evaluation Detachment from 1954 to 1963. The reports mainly discuss the various military weapons and equipment for the RCAF’s aircrafts. The major subjects included are the testing of radars; Radar Armament System Exerciser (RASE), the Del Mar Target Tow System and many miscellaneous aircraft parts like voltage testers and depth charges. RCAF aircrafts are briefly mentioned in the context of the weapons that are armed onto them, or that are being tested out. Some of the principal authors include: NE Parsons; JJ Cairds; RV Darnbrough; CO Heffler; and WA Haynes. The series is arranged in numerical order by the report number.

Series consists of various records, reports and publications prepared by and documenting the activities of the Aerospace Engineering and Test Establishment (AETE) from 1965 to 2009. There are 7 subseries:

1. Reports and Project Reports
2. Project Reports (S Series)
3. Project Status Reports
4. Project Summary Reports
5. Internal Project Directives
6. Project Directives
7. AETE Publications

Subseries consists of a variety of projects conducted by the AETE between 1976 and 1994. The reports all include mathematical and scientific data/calculations for the miscellaneous experiments conducted. Most of the projects were testing’s of aircraft parts such as a nose broom, parachutes, and camera stabilizer. Others were based on gathering mathematical and physical methods to test theories. The reports begin with a brief summary/background to the project followed by the objectives, method, procedure, conclusions and recommendations. There are pictures, graphs, mathematical equations, scientific data and data logs alongside the descriptions of the experiments. The subseries is arranged in numerical order by the Internal Project Directive (IPD) number.

Subseries consists of evaluations, investigations and reports of various aircraft parts, testers and photographs from 1968-2000 at the AETE. Most reports are based on evaluating products for their efficiency and potential use for aircrafts. These tests include examining accelerometers, stress gauges, ejection controls, static charges and performance testing. The aircrafts on which these experiments were conducted on include the CF-188, CH-124A, and CF-5. The reports are also comprised of photographs of the experiments alongside mathematical and scientific data, and graphs. The subseries is arranged in numerical order by the Project Directive (PD) number.

Fonds consists of a booklet entitled “GM of Canada War Album”. The booklet consists of a picture album intended to highlight the contributions of General Motors of Canada and its employees towards the war effort from 1939 to 1945. The black and white photographs depict the various vehicles and military equipment produced, as well as some examples of war posters and propaganda.

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.

Series consists of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Report to the Steering Committee as well as the 4th Editing Report created by the Editing Committee.

Fonds consists of the charge sheet the continuation sheets of Abd Al Hadi Al-Iraqi, a former al Qaeda leader who was charged with the alleged involvement in the killing of a Canadian soldier, Cpl Jamie Murphy on 27 January 2004. Also includes a CBC news article of the accused and his arraignment.

Fonds consists of supporting documents for Parts 3 and 4 of the published work “408 (Goose) Squadron The Rockcliffe Years 1949-1964”. The work was compiled by Morris Gates, Clifton Kinney, Ron Cleminson, Alex Saunders, Noel Funge, Paul Nyznik, Wally Kaspar, Grant Pennington and Morris Konick. Includes e-mail correspondence, personal memoirs, maps, data, articles, reports, photos, and flight logs. Also includes 1 file “The Photo Survey Years 1945 to 1955 Memories of the Photographic Survey Camera Operators Royal Canadian Air Force.” Fonds is organized in ten files based on references within the Rockcliffe Years book

Fonds consists of material documenting the activities of the Canadian Commission of Military History (CCMH) during 1973 to 1996. Also includes files on the International Commission of Military History (ICMH) and its 1995 Colloquium in Quebec City. There are four series:

1. Administration Files
2. Central Registry Files
3. 1995 International Commission of Military History (ICMH) Colloquium in Québec City Files
4. Reference Files