Hangar One

 museum, military

This 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.

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.”

The museum is housed inside a World War 2 hangar (which is a National Historic Site) and has many displays of life in the air force and the training schools. Many of the aircraft preserved are trainers: Tiger Moth, Cornell, Harvard (Canadian version of T-6 Texan), Stinson, Avro Anson, Bolingbroke (Canadian version of the Blenheim), Cessna Crane and Lysander, as well as a Hawker Hurricane fighter under restoration. Some of these aircraft are still airwothy.

www.airmuseum.ca/