British Commonwealth Air Training Plan: WWII CATP Air Museum

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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: 409 m
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THE LATEST CONTACT NEWSLETTER
To download the latest WINTER 2021 Contact Newsletter click the following link
www.airmuseum.ca/contact/40.1_2021.pdf

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General CATP Museum Information
The Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum
and
RCAF WWII Memorial
(Hangar #1, Brandon Municipal Airport)
will change to winter hours on September 1st being
open from 1pm to 4pm, seven days a week.

As a responsible member of the community,
the Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum is
actively encouraging social distancing and
we are limiting the number of visitors inside the museum to 10 at one time.
All visitors must wear a mask while touring the museum.
For more information call the museum at 727-2444.
www.airmuseum.ca
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The Film Is Soon To Be Completed . . . Meanwhile. . .
. . . SNEAK PEEK . . .
PLAY THE SHORT 8-MINUTE
PREVIEW VIDEO HERE
https://youtu.be/v9c27MzTQvU

This is a poignant film of a young ambitious Mexican with a desire to defend democracy with the RCAF,
finding love and rising in the ranks to fly a Spitfire.
Sadly his life was cut short by the horror of war but his memory has been kept alive by those who loved him
and those who pay tribute to his sacrifice.

I have attached P/O Gomez name on our memorial wall and the circumstances of his death.
The museum has provided video of the memorial and the museum along with archival photos.
They briefly interviewed me over Zoom.

~ Stephen Hayter, Executive Director
Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum

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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.

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

Summer Hours (May 1-September 30)
10 am 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

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The CATP Museum is a non-profit, charitable organization founded and operated by volunteers. The Museum is dedicated to the preservation of the history of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan and serves as a unique memorial to those airmen who trained and served, and especially those who died, while serving their country in the air war of 1939-1945.
This is the only Museum in the world dedicated solely to this goal and we think it is fitting that it is located in Manitoba where so much of the training was carried out. At the time the Plan was signed in December 1939, Canada had only 4,000 people in the Royal Canadian Air Force but enrollment reached 250,000 by the end of 1943.
Aircrew personnel from Australia, New Zealand, England and Canada were all trained under The Plan. Canada was chosen as the training country because of its preferable climate and the fact it was far from the dangers of enemy activity. The Plan was referred to by Winston Churchill as Canada’s greatest contribution to the allied victory and referred to by President Roosevelt as the “aerodrome of democracy.”

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OUR PUBLICATIONS
Thousands of issues - in readable archive back to 1999
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Canada 150 Vignette Series
150 WWII BCATP Stories with over 600 Photos

CATP MUSEUM RESEARCH PROJECT
Collated by Harry Hayward
A Searchable PDF for BCATP WWII Daily Reports
Heritage Canada has provided, on line, jpg images of the daily reports (RCAF Form R.65)
from the training schools of the BCATP.
Volunteers of the CATPM are downloading these images,
converting them to text using an optical character reader,
proof reading them and providing a searchable PDF to those interested.
The latest PDFs are for
#31 Bombing and Gunnery School, Royal Air Force, Picton, ON
http://www.airmuseum.ca/BCATPsearch/31BGS_RAF_PictonON.pdf

#1 A.N.S. then #1 C.N.S., Rivers, MB.
http://www.airmuseum.ca/BCATPsearch/1ANS_1CNSriversMB.pdf

Come do your special shopping at
The Tiger Moth Gift Shop!

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We have a wide variety of T-shirts, hats and hoodies for all sizes
and plenty of aviation related toys, keychains and mugs.
Open daily 1-4pm at the
Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum,
Brandon Municipal Airport
204-727-2444

View full-size poster in PDF: HERE

AS YOU WERE . . . Military Tributes: Monthly Webzine
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*AS YOU WERE . . .* ARCHIVE: 2020
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May VIRDEN EFTS DAYS II #2 Manning Depot	June VIRDEN EFTS DAYS III Rivers #1 CNS	July VIRDEN EFTS DAYS IV Paulson #7 BGS	August SNOWBIRDS IN BRANDON CATP MUSEUM VIDEO
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