BCATP – Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum & RCAF WWII Memorial

Warbird Flight Day!

Sunday, June 18 10 am – 3 pm! (Weather permitting). Call or email the museum to book a flight. Rides available in the Cornell, Harvard, and Tiger Moth. A once in a lifetime adventure! These are the planes that World War II pilots trained on! Flights are about 20 – 25 minutes long. Prices

Abandoned Manitoba: Paulson #7B&GS

Local cinematographer, Shaun Cameron (fyi – also a Brandon City Councilor) shared a link to an episode of “Abandoned Manitoba” with us on Facebook. In this short episode, Paulson (Manitoba) #7 Bombing and Gunnery School is featured. Also in this episode you also hear from our Chief Pilot, Mark Odegard, and the host goes forContinue reading “Abandoned Manitoba: Paulson #7B&GS”

New web site pages

This past week, thanks to some great information from our President, John, and pilot/restorer extraordinaire, Jeff, I have put up pages with information and a few photos of our UK version Tiger Moth and our newly restored Fleet Finch (which we hope to get inspected and airborne this spring/summer – so stay tuned for that!).Continue reading “New web site pages”

Black History Month 2022

February is the month set aside to shine the spotlight on Black History – although this history should be celebrated all year long. We acknowledge that the record of people of colour in the RCAF has not always been a positive one. Entering WWII, RCAF policy did not allow Black Canadians to serve in mostContinue reading “Black History Month 2022”

News Clippings from the Past

This post is a collection of news clippings related to the BCATP. Again, thanks to Greg, our archivist for this post. These are archival items donated by Daphne Kuehn from Edmonton, Alberta in September 2013. It is a collection of newspaper clippings covering both No. 7 B&GS, Paulson and No. 10 SFTS, Dauphin; WWII. ItContinue reading “News Clippings from the Past”