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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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

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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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Greetings from the Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum!
CONTACT NEWSLETTER
To download the latest Fall 2019 Contact Newsletter
CLICK! the following link:
www.airmuseum.ca/contact/38.4_2019.pdf

38.4_2019

The previous issues are still available in archive
via our CATP airmuseum.ca site on the Hillman Server at:
www.airmuseum.ca/contact

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 PDF is for
#15 Service Flying Training School, Claresholm, AB.
http://www.airmuseum.ca/BCATPsearch/15SFTSClarseholmAB.pdf

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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

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AS YOU WERE . . . Military Tributes: Monthly Webzine

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HALIFAX BOMBER MISSIONS
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