Air Board (United Kingdom)

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The Air Board (United Kingdom) was the early British governmental body responsible for overseeing military aviation policy and organization before its functions were taken over by the Air Ministry.


Statements (31)
Predicate Object
instanceOf British military aviation authority
World War I era institution
aeronautics organization
defunct government agency
government body
appliesToJurisdiction United Kingdom NERFINISHED
appliesToPart British Army air services NERFINISHED
Royal Navy air services NERFINISHED
country United Kingdom
dissolvedOrAbolished 1918
fieldOfWork air force administration
defence policy
military aviation
followedBy Air Ministry NERFINISHED
hasDomain Royal Flying Corps NERFINISHED
Royal Naval Air Service NERFINISHED
hasEffect greater integration of British air policy
preparation for creation of an independent air ministry
hasHistoricalPeriod World War I NERFINISHED
hasMainTask advising the British government on air matters
coordination of military aviation organization
oversight of British military aviation policy
hasRole central coordination of British air services
inception 1916
legislativeBody Parliament of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity London NERFINISHED
parentOrganization Committee of Imperial Defence NERFINISHED
partOf Government of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED
reasonForDissolution transfer of functions to the Air Ministry
replacedBy Air Ministry NERFINISHED
saidToBeTheSameAs British Air Board NERFINISHED

Referenced by (1)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Air Ministry
replaced

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