This year marks the Centennial of the RCAF, which officially came into being on April 1, 1924. The Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum is planning several events to honour this milestone. While the RCAF was formed in 1924 and has its roots as the Canadian Air Force even earlier, the Second World War is whenContinue reading “The BCATP and the RCAF”
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Grand ReOpening: April 1
We have been working hard to prepare for our re-opening on April 1, 2024! In honour of the RCAF’s 100th anniversary, the Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum is hosting a free open house on Monday, April 1st from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Come join us for an afternoon as we re-open for the season. Visitors will beContinue reading “Grand ReOpening: April 1”
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”
A New Donation: Bolingbroke
Recently the museum came in possession of sections of a BCATP Bolingbroke airplane. Here is the story from museum volunteer and incoming Flying Committee chair, Jeff Bell: The Bolingbroke came to us via way of an email from an RCAF helicopter pilot/instructor operating out of Portage/Southport, MB. While on a training mission, the pilot spottedContinue reading “A New Donation: Bolingbroke”
Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum & RCAF WWII Memorial 