This post was written by Rory M., one of our summer students. Rory is a Music major at Brandon University. Upon the declaration of war by the British and subsequently, Canada, the beginning of the Second World War saw one of the most magnificent construction projects in Canadian history, the British Commonwealth Air Training PlanContinue reading “Construction of BCATP Schools”
Category Archives: Buildings
RCAF Band Music Video ~ featuring the CATP Museum
This past winter, the RCAF band came to our museum to shoot parts of their special 100th RCAF Anniversary video. The video, released June 3, is below, includes some great shots in the hangar and some out on the airport taxiway, including a dramatic flyby of a Hercules over the band and the museum’s Harvard!Continue reading “RCAF Band Music Video ~ featuring the CATP Museum”
2023 at the CATPM
The video below reviews some of the main events at the museum in 2023.
“The Den” donates vintage windows to the Museum
In summer, a historic hangar that was part of #10 Service Flying Training School (10 SFTS) in Dauphin, Manitoba collapsed. Rather than simply knocking the structure down and disposing of the materials, Troy Angus from “The Den” based in Pierson was contracted to dismantle the building. The Den is a business that supplies “barnwood thatContinue reading ““The Den” donates vintage windows to the Museum”
Hangar #1: Some History & An Update
submitted by John McNarry, CATP Museum President The hangar that is the home building of the Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum is a “double wide land plane hangar” built for the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP) at the site of Service Flying Training School # 12. The construction took place over the winter ofContinue reading “Hangar #1: Some History & An Update”
Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum & RCAF WWII Memorial 