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THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE
(Allied with The Royal Air Force)
Headquarters-Ottawa, Ont.
The Canadian Air Corps was organized in 1920 as an arm
of Canadian Military Forces: The title "Royal" was granted in
1924, at which time reorganization was completed as The
Royal Canadian Air Force, the Service operating under its
own Air Council.
GREAT WAR-The number of Canadians who served
with the Royal Air Force totalled over 12,900, recruited in
Canada and others transferred from all branches of the C.E.F.
Training in Canada was supervised by British and Canadian
instructors, Camp Borden being one of the centres of training.
Canadian flyers are credited with downing many leading German
aces, and written into the pages of history is a record of daunt-
less daring and a natural aptitude for flying. The total number
of machines downed by Canadian pilots was exceptionally high.
During Aug. 1918 the first Air Force Wing of the C.E.F.
was formed as a part of the Royal Flying Corps-comprising
Flight Squadron No. 81, and Bomber Squadron No. 123.
On the outbreak of this war, the various detachments of
the Royal Canadian Air Force were placed on a war basis,
recruiting was immediately undertaken and squadrons on both
coasts were mobilized for reconnaissance duty.
The organization of the R.C.A.F. was the basis for the
development of the British Commonwealth Air Training Scheme,
which is the greatest undertaking of its kind ever contemplated
in the world.
(Copyright, Canada, 1940)
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