CATPM WWII RCAF Exhibit in Downtown Brandon
SOO'S Restaurant on 10th & Princess is hosting an Air Museum Exhibit in their Show Hall/Banquet Room.

Accompanying the display of photos and artifacts is a continuous video presentation.

The video consists of excerpts from the movies: FOR THE MOMENT and 
CAPTAINS OF THE CLOUDS
as well as a 40-minute video tour of the museum with music by
Vera Lynn, Glenn Miller and other popular wartime artists.

CATPM Exhibit in Downtown Brandon

FOR THE MOMENT, starring Russell Crowe
(Academy Award nominee and star of the new blockbuster film, GLADIATOR),
was filmed at the Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum in Brandon,
while
CAPTAINS OF THE CLOUDS starring James Cagney,
features some of the best colour location footage of actual WWII BCATP bases available anywhere.

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ENGLISH MEMORIAL RAISED FOR CANADIAN CREW
Royal Canadian Legion Magazine
May/June 2000 ~ page 13

Louise Campbell-Hillman, accompanied by son William Hillman, attends the ceremony

The Sandon and District Branch of the Royal British Legion has erected a cairn to pay tribute to a crew mostly comprised of Royal Canadian Air Force  members who died April 30, 1945, when their Lancaster Bomber crashed nearby.

A portion of the cockpit was found in a loft in a house belonging to Dr. Henry Bocking who had attended the crash scene. Six Canadians and one British airman, members of 428 (Ghost) Squadron, were killed during the training flight. Among those attending the ceremony to unveil the headstone were Louise Campbell-Hillman and her son William Hillman. Campbell-Hillman is the sister of Flight Lieutenant William Campbell of Strathclair, Man. He was 23 when he died. The cairn is at a busy intersection but police shopped traffic for three minutes for the brief ceremony that included a flippant of Royal Air Force vintage aircraft (Lancaster and Hurricane).

See more on this story at the F/L CAMPBELL TRIBUTE & LANCASTER KB879 MEMORIAL Website