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Imperial Gift
The Imperial Gift was the donation of aircraft from post-First World War British surplus stocks to the dominions; Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and India. On 29 May 1919, the British government decided to give 100 aircraft to each of these countries plus replacements for aircraft donated by these countries to Britain during the war. These aircraft formed the core of newly established air forces in the respective countries.
==Background==
Following the First World War, the Royal Air Force (RAF) had large stocks of surplus aircraft, estimated at over 20,000 aircraft, many still in production at the end of the war.〔 Sir Hugh Trenchard, Chief of the Air Staff, argued for the establishment of air forces in the Dominions. Trenchard further argued that a coordinated uniform approach to organising and equipping these air forces was essential to facilitate the air component of the defence of the empire.〔Spencer 2009, pp. 18–21.〕 This proposal was taken up by the Secretary of State for Air, John Edward Bernard Seely, who described it as being "an opportunity of
giving assistance to Dominions which will be valued by them and which should be of great use in the general interest of the defence of the Empire by Air."〔Spencer 2009, p. 33.〕 British Cabinet approved the proposal on 29 May 1919, though it chose to widen it by offering aircraft to the colonial governments as well as those of the dominions. These governments were notified of the offer on 4 June.〔Spencer 2009, pp. 33–34.〕
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