by Gary | Apr 9, 2019 | Aircraft, Community Outreach, Exhibits, News & Events, Posts
1969 saw the appointment of a new base commander at CFB Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. On his first tour of this new command, Col. O.B. Phillips discovered, tucked in a back corner of one of the hangars, four of the Tutors assigned to the old display team called the...
by CAFM contributor | Mar 27, 2019 | Collections, Exhibits, News & Events, Posts
Today, our Deputy Director, Mike O’Rourke, shares a post about our Main Gallery’s Exhibit, the Japanese Balloon Bomb. “During World War II the Japanese created a balloon that could be launched from Japan and float across the pacific with the jet...
by Gary | Mar 20, 2019 | Aircraft, Exhibits, News & Events, Posts
Development of the Typhoon began in 1938. The Air Ministry saw that war clouds were looming and were already looking for an aircraft to replace its new fighters that had only just appeared, those being the Spitfire and the Hurricane. Sir Sidney Camm, head...
by CAFM contributor | Dec 22, 2018 | Exhibits, News & Events, Posts
The First World War display has been of major interest to visitors of the Comox Air Force Museum during the last four years, and the recent armistice celebrations happening so close to Christmas brings to mind the celebrated soccer match of 25th December 1914. The...
by CAFM contributor | Dec 19, 2018 | Collections, Exhibits, News & Events, Posts
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS Geoff, one of our volunteers, is an avid fan of the Illustrated London News, a popular exhibit in our Museum. In this post, he shares some background information with us: “The Comox Air Force Museum possesses a...
by Gary | Dec 17, 2018 | Collections, Exhibits, News & Events, Posts
This month I want to talk about the way news was spread during the war time period. Having read several newspapers of the time I found that they were matter of fact with lots of space given over to the positive stories that happened in that printing period. However,...
The CAFM commemorates the role and history of 19 Wing (CFB/RCAF/RAF), documenting significant achievements in West Coast Military Aviation History.
Founded in 1982 as part of the Air Force Indoctrination School, CAFM was accredited as a stand-alone Canadian Forces Museum and officially opened its doors to the public on 12 September 1987.