archives – Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum & RCAF WWII Memorial

Saving Money While Supporting the War Effort

This post appeared as a 2 part post on our social media platforms. Information and photos were supplied by Greg Sigurdson, our archivist. The photos below are of a small artifact donated to the CATP Museum by our “Darkroom Guy’’ Lyle. Lyle, of course likes this nickname, but hasn’t developed any films or prints forContinue reading “Saving Money While Supporting the War Effort”

From the Archives

These medals and Operational Wings were awarded to Pilot Officer J.L. who was from Fairfax Manitoba. He was killed in action on December 6 1944 at the age of 26 years while serving with 423 Tiger Squadron as the Pilot of Halifax aircraft NP 945 (QB-D). The aircraft failed to return from a night attackContinue reading “From the Archives”