Contents: Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum

RCAF WWII Memorial Project

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Located at Brandon Municipal Airport on HW #10, 1.6 km north of the
City of Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
LATITUDE: N 49 54' 35" | LONGITUDE: W 99 57' 03" | ELEVATION: 1343 ft.

MUSEUM NEWS ARCHIVE
THE CATPM FLYING COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES
Updates from John McNarry
www.airmuseum.ca/news
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WWII STATION MAGAZINES
Scores of High Quality Reprints in PDF
2010 SERIES
2009 SERIES

**VISIT OUR WEBZINES**
As You Were . . . WWII Remembered www.airmuseum.ca/web	Navigation Chart to the Hillman WWII Tributes www.hillmanweb.com/war	Short Bursts Archive Ex-Air Gunners Association www.airmuseum.ca/mag

CONTACT, the official print publication of the CATP Museum
Only two have been authorized for Web Release:
November 2012
Another Back Issue Online in PDF Format
Read an excerpt of the Contact Interview with our volunteer Webmaster

Visit our monthly online publication
AS YOU WERE . . .
WAR YEARS ECLECTICA
A Military Nostalgia Webzine
www.airmuseum.ca/web

Proposed Airman statue and recent ad featured
full size in our MEMORIAL SECTION

November 2013: Contact Mag Interview Excerpt
October 2013: CATP Museum Flying Committee Report
September 2013: The Crash of Halifax Bomber JP237
August 2013: Wartime Eclectica Photos
July 2013: WWII Art Issue
June 2013: News and Events Updates
May 2013: Military Chivalry
April 2013: I. Eclectica I and II. WWII Bombers
March 2013: Memorial Updates, PowerPoints, Videos, News
February 2013: Incredible Rare War Photos
January 2013: The Hindenburg Disaster

CATP NEWS ARCHIVE
AUGUST: Air Show Photos I
JULY: Memorial Project Brochure

Go Straight to the
Virtual Tour of the Museum

As You Were. . . Presents
Air Museum Interview On CKLQ Radio
Alternate: CKLQ Podcast

Visit Our Museum Online Store and Bookshop
ENTER

Hillman Photo Tour of
USAF MUSEUM ~ WW II GALLERY
Wright-Patterson AFB ~ Dayton, Ohio

HILLMAN MILITARY TRIBUTES SITE
www.hillmanweb.com/war

NAVIGATION MAP FOR THE ENTIRE CATPM WEBSITE

Welcome to CATP Museum Briefing Room	Virtual Tour Over 200 Photos	Virtual Tour Print-Out Text Only
AS YOU WERE... Bill Hillman's Online Monthly Magazine for Army, Navy & Air Force Vets	SHORT BURSTS ARCHIVE Back Issues of the Ex-Air Gunners Magazine	SHORT BURSTS Ex-Air Gunners Association Monthly e-Zine Archive
F/L Campbell Tribute Lancaster KB879 Memorial	Women of the War Years WWII Tribute Photos ~ Orders ~ Press ~ Stories	Hillman WWII Gallery H.M.C.S Prince Robert
Stuart Johnson's Freedom is Not Free ~ Pt. 1	Stuart Johnson's Freedom is Not Free ~ Pt. 2	Battle of Britain Memorial Flight
WWII Movies: A List of Over 600 Films	LINKS	Canadian WWII Propaganda Posters
Tiger Moth Adventure	Bill Graham Remembers the RCAF	Harvard Wings Over Brandon
Remembrance Day 1999 CATPM Open House	Spotlight on the BCATP Movie FOR THE MOMENT Starring Russell Crowe	CATP Museum Executive
Support the CATPM Membership & Gift/Bequest Forms	CONTACT Newsletter Info For CATPM Members	BCATP RCAF Tribute Series F/L Donald Hillman S.O.E. Log
The CATP Memorial Book Memorial Addendum	Museum Development Plan	Senator Sharon Carstairs Roundtable
The Capital Campaign	The H Hut Project	.
Message from President McNarry and Director Hayter	Sign or Read the CATPM Guestbook	FOR THE MOMENT Reviews ~ Clippings
Director's Year End Report	Mike Spack's WWII RCAF Memories 100 pages of text ~ 100 photos	A Virtual Tour of the Brandon Municipal Airport
Last Flight of the Tiger Moth	Dedication of the BCATP #1 Hangar as a Heritage Site Archie Londry Remembers	BCATP 4-Hour Documentary Bomber Boys The Fighting Lancaster
BCATP RCAF Tribute Series F/O J. Gordon Hillman	WestMan Air Show 2005 Snowbirds in Flight	Hillman Military Tribute Sites
.CJATC Rivers 1945-1964 Part I \| II \| III \| IV \| V	CATP Museum Honours The B.C.A.T.P. Story	.From Pharmacy to Helicopters by Lieutenant Colonel James Grant
BCATP Photo Archive	2006 Remembrance Day Hillman Archive	Museum News
1942 BCATP FILM REVIEW CAPTAINS OF THE CLOUDS	Stereoviews from the Great War Ground War \| Air War	Lloyd Snell Remembers Lloyd Snell Notebook RAF
	CATPM Canteen Opening	Training of Freedom Exhibit

NOTICE BOARD

THE MANITOBA SIGNATURE MUSEUMS WEB SITE

www.manitobasignaturemuseums.ca

WEBZINE FEATURES
As You Were . . . For the Latest Webzine Features see:
Navigation Chart
Short Bursts Webzine from the RCAF Ex-Air Gunners
The Hillman Military Tribute Sites

Take a Virtual Tour of Many of Our Artifacts On Display
Over 200 Photos accompanied with Walking Tour Commentary Text
and
A Virtual Tour of the Brandon Municipal Airport

General CATP Museum Information

OUR MISSION
To commemorate the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan by
telling its story, preserving its artifacts, and
paying tribute to the thousands of Air Force personnel,
who gave their lives during WWII.

Summer Hours (May 1-September 30)
10 am to 4 pm ~ Seven Days a Week

Winter Hours (October 1-April 30)
1 pm to 4 pm ~ Seven Days a Week

ADMISSION
Adults: $7.50 ~ Youth 6-17): $4.00
University/College (with ID): $5.00
Family rate: $18.00
Under six years old - free.
WWII Veterans: Free and a free one year membership
$3.00 per student for school groups
(Bus driver and one supervisor per ten students free.
Supervisors must participate in the tour.)
Minimum price for tours: $25:00
Yearly membership fee: $30:00

For more information contact:

Stephen Hayter
airmuseum@inetlink.ca
Executive Director
Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum
Telephone (204) 727-2444; fax (204) 725-2334

Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum Inc.
Box 3, Grp. 520, RR #5
Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
R7A 5Y5

The Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum
is a member of CAPA
The Canadian Aeronautical Preservation Association
PO Box 6295
Wetaskiwin AB T9A 2E9
Phone: 780-352-3797
Fax: 780-352-4018
e-mail: capa@wtc.ab.ca

CATP Museum
has been designated at a
Manitoba Star Attraction
by Travel Manitoba

NAVIGATION MAP FOR OUR VIRTUAL TOUR

	Museum Tour Home Base
1. Displays 1 & 2: Navigator ~ Bomb Aimer	2. Govt. Issued Supplies	3. Display 3: Pilot Emergency Equipment
4. Displays 4-6: Air Gunner/ Wireless Op ~ Navigator	5. Displays 7- 9: Flying Corps WDs ~ Radios ~ Insignia	6. Hangar Displays Vintage Aircraft I
7. Hangar Displays: Ground Vehicles ~ Aircraft II	8. Displays 10-13: Uniforms Emergency Eq. ~ Souvenirs	9. Displays 14-21: Base Sites Ground Crews ~ Medals
10. Display 22: Manning Depot ~ Photos	11. Workshop Displays: Restorations ~ Blackboard	12. Behind the Scenes Volunteer Areas
13. Chapel	14. Souvenir Shop

Support the CATP Museum
Purchase a Membership
www.airmuseum.ca/bequest.html
and receive
CONTACT
The Museum Quarterly Newsletter

Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum Inc.
Box 3, Grp. 520, RR #5
Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
R7A 5Y5

Volunteer Editor and Webmaster: William G. Hillman
hillmans@westman.wave.ca
BILL and SUE-ON HILLMAN ECLECTIC STUDIO
Photos by Bill Hillman ~ Copyrighted 1999-2013