The Air Force Heritage Museum and Air Park, in Winnipeg, Manitoba displays aircraft and artifacts pertaining to the history of the Canadian Air Force.[1] The park contains memorials to Canadian air search and rescue, and to the people who trained under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. The museum was established in 1975. Memorials in the park were dedicated in 1999.
Air Force Heritage Museum and Air Park
British Commonwealth Air Training memorial at the Air Park
The air park has the largest permanent display of Canadian military aircraft in Canada. The attached museum has artifacts such as aviation art, Victoria Crosses (including the posthumous award to Andrew Mynarski), and one of the remaining Battle of Britain lace tapestries.[2]
^Air Force Heritage Museum, retrieved July 31, 2017
^Harold A. Skaarup, Canadian Warplanes, iUniverse, 2009 ISBN1440167583, page 456
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