News Release

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On Saturday, May 26th, 2012 
The Women of the War Years Committee 
of the Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum will be hosting its 
fourth annual luncheon honouring the Women of the War Years.  

This year's presentation will by "Rosies of the North", a 25 minute film by the National Film Board highlighting the role of non-traditional role women took in factories during World War Two.

The Committee is raising funds for a travelling display which will show how the Second World War changed the roles of women for the generations that followed.

The Committee currently has three banners that have travelled to other museums and hope to produce a video.  

For information about the luncheon please contact the museum at 727-2444.

They Grew Not Old As we approach the 75th anniversary of the beginning of the Second World War, our museum is embarking on a new and exciting venture, "They Grew Not Old." 

To continue the legacy of the Memorial book, They Shall Grow Not Old, we are erecting a permanent and lasting tribute on consecrated land, listing each of the over 19,000 fallen Air Force personnel.

Watch for upcoming information at this site for project details and information on how you can become part of this extraordinary, important and unique venture.

WWII MEMORIAL PROJECT UPDATE
Here at the museum, we have formed a Memorial Project committee made up of museum volunteers (more are always welcome!)  Our mandate is to create a permanent public memorial to all members of the Royal Canadian Air Force and all Canadians serving in any Commonwealth air force who lost their lives during World War II.  This shall include the Royal Air Force, Royal Australian Air Force, and Royal New Zealand Air Force personnel who lost their lives in or near Canada during this period.

This tribute will be a black granite wall approximately 300 feet in length containing the names of over 19,000 casualties.  The memorial will also contain a larger than life bronze statue representing the fallen.

Since its inception approximately two years ago, the memorial committee has been hard at work verifying and formatting the names to be engraved, designing the memorial and determining the location.  Engineering is in progress and interested sculptors have been paneled. 

The following feature an artist’s rendering of the memorial and a sample of how the engraved names will appear.

The Memorial project is estimated to cost in excess of one million dollars.  We hope to call on municipal, provincial and federal governments as well as business and private sectors for funding, but we will also be counting on support from all interested individuals. Watch for our promotional and fundraising campaign in the near future. Charitable donation receipts will be issued.

“They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: 
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. 
At the going down of the sun and in the morning 
We will remember them.”

Laurence Binyon 1869-1943