Arthur Kellam Tylee
| Arthur Kellam Tylee | |
|---|---|
| Born | 24 April 1887 |
| Died | 13 April 1961 (aged 73) Quebec |
| Buried at | Compton Cemetery, Quebec |
| Allegiance |
Canada British Empire |
| Years of service | Canadian Air Force |
| Rank | Air Commodore |
| Commands held | Canadian Air Force |
| Battles/wars | World War I |
| Relations | Robert Smith Tylee 1809-1845 |
Air Commodore Arthur Kellam Tylee OBE (24 April 1887 – 13 April 1961) was Canadian officer who served in the Royal Flying Corps during World War I. After the War, Tylee was the first Air Officer Commanding of the Canadian Air Force.
Tylee was born on 24 April 1887 in Lennoxville, Quebec, the son of Arthur Mailland Tylee and his wife Harriet F. Kellam. Tylee later studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from around 1910 to 1913.
Tylee joined the Royal Flying Corps in August 1915, being granted the probationary rank of second lieutenant in December of that year; he had previously held the rank of lieutenant in the Canadian Militia. At least some of his junior years in the RFC were spent flying the Martinsyde G.100 on No. 23 Squadron on the Western Front. Tylee was made a flight commander in February 1917 and in March he was made a squadron commander and given the temporary rank of major. It was also in 1917 that Tylee was sent back to Canada, to command Camp Borden in Ontario before being posted to England to carry out advanced work. On 1 April 1918 Tylee was transferred from the Royal Flying Corps to the newly created Royal Air Force in the temporary rank of lieutenant colonel and returned to Canada to serve as the Inspector of Training for the Royal Air Force in Canada. He continued in this role until the end of World War I. In June 1918 Tylee was mentioned in dispatches for valuable war service and he was also made an officer of the Order of the British Empire.
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