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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1918
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1988.1357.003

MANUFACTURER: Great Britain
MODEL: The King's Message to the Royal Air Force
LOCATION: London, England

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 3
Total Parts: 16
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: paper

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 28.2 cm
Width: 21.8 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Aviation
Category: Archives
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: GEORGE
Country: England
State/Province: Unknown
City: London

Context

Country: England
State/Province: Unknown
Period: document is dated Nov. 11, 1918
Canada: Unknown
Function: souvenir of the career of the donor, Mr. Ron E. Norman, a member of the Royal Flying Corps 21 Squadron during WWI; active in aviation & veterans associations throughout the remainder of his life
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: message reads: "The King's Message to the/Royal Air Force./To the right Hon. Lord Weir, secretary of state/and President of the Air Council./In this supreme hour of victory I send greetings and/heartfelt congradulations to all ranks of the Royal/Air Force. Our aircraft have been ever in the/forefront of the battle; pilots and observers have/consistently maintained the offensive throughout/the ever-changing fortunes of the day, and in the/war zones our gallant dead have lain always beyond/the enemies' lines or far out to sea./Our far-flung squadrons have flown over home waters and/foreign seas, the Western and Italian battle lines, Rhineland, the/mountains of Macedonia, Gallipoli, Palestine, the plains of Meso-/potamia, the forests and swamps of East Africa, the North-West/frontier of India, and the deserts of Arabia, Sinai, and Darfur./The birth of the Royal Air Force, with its wonderful expansion/and development, will ever remain one of the most remarkable/achievements of the Great War./Everywhere, by God's help, officers, men and women of/the Royal Air Force have splendidly maintained our just cause,/and the value of their assistance to the Navy, the Army, and to Home Defence has been incalculable. For all their magnificent work, self-/sacrifice, and devotion to duty, i ask you on behalf of the Empire to/thank them./November 11th, 1918/[signature] George R.I."
Missing: N/A
Finish: red & black text on yellow-tan background
Decoration: none

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