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Located at Brandon Municipal Airport
on HW #10, 1.6 km north of the
City of Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
LATITUDE: N 49 54' 35" | LONGITUDE: W 99 57' 03" | ELEVATION: 13
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Just arrived at the Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum
a donated Norseman Aircraft.

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Visit our monthly online publication AS YOU WERE . . . WAR YEARS ECLECTICA A Military Nostalgia Webzine: February 2012:  Hong Kong - Best and Worst of Times January 2012: Mike Spack RIP: RCAF Mosquito Pilot December 2011: Nazi Xmas | Dambusters | Spruce Goose November 2011: Lest We Forget | London Blitz October 2011: Yellow Wings Day at CATPM: Many Photos September 2011:Dog Fights and Daylight Raids 1940/41 August 2011: Hitler's Stealth Bomber July 2011: Vintage Aircraft Fly In To the Museum May and June Features: HMCS Prince Robert/Hong Kong II

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The CATP Museum is a non-profit, charitable organization founded and operated by volunteers. The Museum is dedicated to the preservation of the history of the British  Commonwealth Air Training Plan and serves as a unique memorial to those airmen who trained and served, and especially those who died, while serving their country in the air war of 1939-1945. This is the only Museum in the world dedicated solely to this goal and we think it is fitting that it is located in Manitoba where so much of the training was carried out. At the time the Plan was signed in December 1939,  Canada had only 4,000 people in the Royal Canadian Air Force but enrollment reached 250,000 by the end of 1943.

Aircrew personnel from Australia, New Zealand, England and Canada were all trained under The Plan.  Canada was chosen as the training country because of its preferable climate and the fact it was far from the dangers of enemy activity.  The Plan was referred to by Winston Churchill as Canada’s greatest contribution to the allied victory and referred to by President Roosevelt as the “aerodrome of democracy.”

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CATP Volunteer Webmaster:
William G. Hillman
BILL and SUE-ON HILLMAN ECLECTIC STUDIO
Photos by Bill Hillman ~ Copyright 1999-2012