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Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum

Location	Brandon, Manitoba
Coordinates	49°54′14″N 99°56′33″W / 49.903786°N 99.942488°W / 49.903786; -99.942488
Website	http://www.airmuseum.ca/

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 is 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.

History

The museum temporarily closed in 2022 for structural repairs to its hangar.

Collection

Airplanes

Vehicles

Gallery

• Bolingbroke at CATPM
• Westland Lysander at CATPM
• Fairchild Cornell at CATPM

Affiliations

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

See also

• Organization of Military Museums of Canada
• Military history of Canada
• History of the Royal Canadian Air Force
• List of aviation museums

References

1. Canadian Register of Historic Places.
2. Slark, Colin (31 May 2023). "Air Museum Relaunching Sunday". Brandon Sun. Retrieved 1 July 2024.

External links

• Official Museum Website
• History of the Canadian Forces Museums 1919-2004

• Aviation history of Canada
• Buildings and structures in Brandon, Manitoba
• Aerospace museums in Manitoba
• Military and war museums in Canada
• World War II museums in Canada
• National Historic Sites in Manitoba