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Air Force Heritage Museum and Air Park

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The Air Force Heritage Museum and Air Park, in Winnipeg, Manitoba displays aircraft and artifacts pertaining to the history of the Royal Canadian Air Force.[1] The park contains memorials to Canadian air search and rescue, to aircraft maintenance personnel, 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.

Established1975; 51 years ago (1975)
Location17 Wing
Coordinates49°53′24.36″N 97°14′10.68″W
TypeAir museum
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Air Force Heritage Museum and Air Park
British Commonwealth Air Training memorial at the Air Park
Established1975; 51 years ago (1975)
Location17 Wing
Coordinates49°53′24.36″N 97°14′10.68″W
TypeAir museum
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83 Unicity - Strauss Drive - Murray Industrial Park
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The air park has a large permanent display of Canadian military aircraft on the ground and mounted on pedestals. The indoor portion in the Bishop Building of 1 Canadian Air Division has artifacts such as aviation art, displays highlighting the seven Victoria Crosses awarded to Canadian Airmen, including the posthumous awards to Andrew Mynarski and David Hornell, and one of the remaining Battle of Britain lace tapestries.[2]

Collection

Outside on static display are:

Inside the base, on static display are:

On loan to the Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada

The park also displays the antenna from an AN/FPS 508 search radar from the Pinetree Line.

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