Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum

Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum
Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum
Location Brandon Municipal Airport in Brandon, Manitoba Canada.
Website http://www.airmuseum.ca/
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The Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum is an aviation museum located at Brandon Municipal Airport, Brandon, Manitoba. It is dedicated to the memory of the airmen from the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, who trained at World War II air stations across Canada. The museum in stage 1 of redevelopment, which will see it restored to include the main hangar, medical building, chapel, H-hut aircrew barracks, motor pool building, canteen and interpretive center.

The museum contains several World War II aircraft, displays of navigation, pilot, bombardier, ground crew and transport equipment, various artifacts and a gift shop. The Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum is on the Canadian Register of Historic Places. [1]

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The Museum is affiliated with: CMA, CHIN, and Virtual Museum of Canada.

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