Canada 150 Vignette Series
Visit all 150 stories with over 600 illustrations
www.airmuseum.ca/150
Canada 150 Vignette Series
Visit all 150 stories with over 600 illustrations
www.airmuseum.ca/150
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CANADA 150
INTRO and CONTENTS PAGE
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In Celebration of Canada's 150th Birthday
Greg Sigurdson has embarked on an ambitious project. He is presenting 150 Vignettes showcasing memorable events and photos from the BCATP and WWII years. This has become a regular feature in our Museum Facebook Group and we are adapting them to a series of 30 fully-illustrated Webpages at: www.airmuseum.ca/150 To date we have displayed over 20 of these gems. Readers of the CATP Air Museum site are invited to follow along as we progress toward our goal of 150 memories. ~ Bill Hillman ~ Volunteer Editor and Webmaster for www.airmuseum.ca |
CATP MUSEUM IN THE NEWS ON THE WEB
Explore Manitoba’s role in WWII
at the
Commonwealth Air Training Plan
Museum
ManitobaHot.com
The Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum is the only
museum in the world dedicated solely to
the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, also known
a ‘The Plan’.
The site was chosen as the host nation for air crews
from Australia, New Zealand, the UK and the USA
in the late 1930s and early 1940s.
It was also the training ground for thousands of Royal
Canadian Air Force members.
‘The Plan’ is often regarded as Canada’s greatest
contribution to the allied victory of World War II.
This fascinating museum located at the Brandon Airport
houses
artifacts and objects collected during this time in
history,
as well as numerous airplanes (some of which are still
air worthy)
and vehicles inside its huge and airy space.
These are some of the highlights of the CAPTM.
Click for full-size
10 cool things in Brandon that
Winnipeggers probably don’t know about
ManitobaHot.com
Even those without a keen interest in aviation will
appreciate
the vast collection of aircraft and information at
the Commonwealth Air Training Museum.
It is, in fact, the only museum in the world dedicated
solely to preserving the history of
the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan
and the airmen who served their country in the air
war of 1939-1945.
The two top pictures come from the Vimy Flight which
stopped by the museum in the summer.
The biplane is one of the aircraft that did the flyover
at Vimy and
the anti-aircraft gun on the right was brought in
from the RCA (Royal Canadian Artillery) Museum at CFB Shilo
just east of Brandon. Both groups are good friends
and stweards of our history.
NEW: CATP MUSEUM RESEARCH
PROJECT
A Searchable PDF for BCATP WWII Daily Reports
www.airmuseum.ca/BCATPsearch
LEST WE FORGET
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Click to open each full-size tribute
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November
Remembrance Edition
As
You Were . . . 1711
On November 11th, Remembrance Day
Free Open House 1pm to 4pm
at the
Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum
and
RCAF WWII Memorial
(Hangar #1, Brandon Municipal Airport)
Guided tours will be available.
The museum’s Ladies Auxiliary will be providing coffee
& Timbits.
For more information call the museum at 727-2444.
Maid in the Shade — by Matt Goerzen Westman journalists had a rare chance on Tuesday morning to get up close and personal with a rare piece of avian history. For the next several days, the Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum will play host to a B-25J, nicknamed "Maid in the Shade."
Brandon Sun ~ 2017.08.23Currently owned by the Arizona-based Commemorative Air Force, this particular American bomber flew 15 missions in Italy and Yugoslavia during the Second World War, though it was only in service for a few months in 1944.
On Tuesday morning, myself and a few other journalists, along with two local military veterans, were given the chance to take a short flight in this historic aircraft. It's one of those things that I can cross off my bucket list — took a flight in a military bomber from the 1940s. I'm just glad I had a camera in my hand for what turned out to be a perfect August morning.
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CATPM VIMY FLIGHT AIR DISPLAY
The CATPM Air Display Event on August 10th will feature
Vimy Flight's replica flying WWI aircraft,
the same aircraft that participated in the Vimy France
commemoration event.
There will be other historic aircraft flying including
a replica WWI German Albatross.
And of course the air museum's own WWII flying
aircraft will participate,
including the newly acquired Canadian Tiger
Moth!
Gates open 5pm, $10 per person, 12 and under free.
Food vendors on site.
Come see the historic aircraft up close, a Flying
Demonstration will
take place at 7:00 pm, weather permitting.
World-Wide Chart of 2016 Visitor Hits on our Air Museum Site
1,370,305 Visits to the Site
Recent Issues of our long-running
monthly Webzine series:
AS YOU WERE . . .
Bill Hillman's Military Tributes
in Archive back to 1999
www.hillmanweb.com/war/asyouwere
SEPTEMBER
2017
WOMEN OF THE WAR YEARS: Stories ~ Intro ~ Press Gallery
http://www.hillmanweb.com/war/2017/1709.html
AUGUST
2017
FREEDOM IS NOT FREE Presentation by Stuart Johnson
http://www.hillmanweb.com/war/2017/1708.html
JULY
2017
40 WWII Victory Bond and Propaganda Posters
www.hillmanweb.com/war/2017/1707.html
JUNE
2017
See the full size posters at:
www.hillmanweb.com/war/2017/1706.html
MAY
2017
www.hillmanweb.com/war/2017/1705.html
PREVIOUS ISSUES FROM 2017
JANUARY: Photos
~ RCN Hong Kong Journal ~ Station Mag
FEBRUARY: BCATP
Pilot Training ~ Dragoons Vimy Night
MARCH: BCATP
/ CATP Air Museum Celebrate Canada 150
APRIL: War,
Conflict. . . and Life
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