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.Canadian Register of Historic Places.
History In 2014, the museum unveiled a memorial to Canadian airmen killed in World War II.
The museum temporarily closed in 2022 for structural repairs to its hangar. The museum unveiled renovated exhibits in April 2025. Plans included repainting the museum's Harvard and restoring its Bolingbroke. Two months later it announced the acquisition of three Noorduyn Norseman aircraft.
Collection
Airplanes PlaneSerialAvro Anson12518Avro AnsonBeechcraft Model 18Bristol Bolingbroke9059Bristol Bolingbroke (located at Comfort Inn)9944Cessna Cranede Havilland Tiger MothFairchild CornellFleet FortHawker Hurricane5461North American HarvardStinson 108Westland Lysander (until 2003)
Vehicles VehicleType1940 Chryslerstaff car1940 Chevroletstaff car1942 Fordfuel tender1942 Ford 1/x tongeneral service1944 Ford 6x6crash truckFord tractortowJeeputility1942 FWDsnow blower1942 FWDsnow blower
Gallery
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
External links
Official Museum Website History of the Canadian Forces Museums 1919-2004