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CATPM at the Battle of Britain Ceremony

As many know, the Battle of Britain was a major battle fought in the second world war. It took place from July to October 1940 and was fought entirely in the air as Hitler’s forces attempted to clear the RAF from the skies as a prelude to invasion. Many Canadians fought in this battle, manyContinue reading “CATPM at the Battle of Britain Ceremony”

The Chalkboard

A guest blog post by summer employee, Seraphina Gilbert. We asked Seraphina to write a few posts about her favourite displays, this is her second post – see also: The Barber’s Book During the Second World War while everyone’s attention was directed to the fighting in Europe and Asia, children were working hard on theContinue reading “The Chalkboard”

See Ya Later to our Summer Staff

We were very fortunate to have two excellent summer staff with us this year, Seraphina and Sandra. They were a great team at welcoming visitors, doing tours, helping with interpretation signage and research, and providing excellent and much needed French interpretation! We will miss them dearly, but the good news is we will continue toContinue reading “See Ya Later to our Summer Staff”

2024 Manitoba Air Show

The CATP Museum attended the Manitoba Air Show on August 3rd and 4th. We had, for the first time, all 5 of our flight-worthy aircraft on static display. The five include the first public showing, outside of the museum, of the Fleet Finch. The display was a great success, we interacted with hundreds of peopleContinue reading “2024 Manitoba Air Show”

Wings of Honour

Recently a documentary film on the 100th Anniversary of the RCAF aired on CPAC. The film was sponsored by Canadian Geogrphic Films and contains content provided by the CATP Museum, including interview segments with our President, John McNarry. You can watch it by clicking here!