Editor’s Note: This is a special guest post by Don Stanton. Don is a retired U.S. Navy pilot who flew long-range P-3C (Aurora) patrol planes and serves on the Maryland Aviation Commission. He published Looking Back at the Cold War; 30 Veterans and a Patrol Plane Commander Remember. In this piece, Don writes about aContinue reading “John De Le Paulle, A 1941 American Graduate of No. 12 SFTS Brandon Who Won the DFC in 1944 for Anti U-boat Operations”
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The RCAF Streamliners: Creating Hope During Devastation
This is the second post written by one of our summer student workers, Seraphina G., Seraphina is a music student at Brandon University. Andy Sparling (son of Streamliner saxophonist Phil) is the source for much of the information, the photos and the recording in this article. His book “Dance Through the Darkness: The Untold StoryContinue reading “The RCAF Streamliners: Creating Hope During Devastation”
Ron Mallet & His Accordion
This post, his second for us, was written by Rory M., one of our summer students. Rory is a Music major at Brandon University. Musical instruments across the world carry memories of their players, and the history that they have endured. As a musician myself for most of my life I have always been amazedContinue reading “Ron Mallet & His Accordion”
Music in the Second World War
This post was written by Rory M., one of our summer students. Rory is a Music major at Brandon University. In the era of the Second World War, music played a quiet yet significant part in Canadian life, both at home and abroad. With a rapidly changing landscape of music production and accessibility, it becameContinue reading “Music in the Second World War”
From the Archives: The Caterpillar Club
You may have heard of the Caterpillar Club. Here, at our museum, we had a volunteer who had such a pin. His life had been saved when he jumped from his aircraft during WW2. His membership then had been issued by the Irvin Parachute Company (see first photo). In 1922 Leslie Irvin agreed to giveContinue reading “From the Archives: The Caterpillar Club”
Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum & RCAF WWII Memorial 