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COMOX AIR FORCE MUSEUM’S FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Our Museum welcomes many visitors, in person, as well as on our website and our Facebook page. We also have many people who email us at cafminfo@gmail.com. Our guests always have questions for us. Some of the most frequently asked include: *...
read moreFROM THE GALLERY- THE BIRTH OF A STORM, THE HAWKER TYPHOON
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...
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THE ORIGIN OF DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME
Daylight Savings Time (DST) is upon us once again. Approximately 40% of countries worldwide use it to make better use of daylight and to conserve energy. Did you know that a small Canadian town experimented with seasonal clock changes as early as 1908? Port Arthur...
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INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY ~ 15 YEARS AGO IN AFGHANISTAN
Deb, one of our volunteers, served with the RCAF, and fifteen years ago, in 2004, served with the Headquarters of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan. Some time ago, as I chatted with her, she recalled a very special time, an opportunity to...
read moreINTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S WEEK ~ SPITFIRE GIRLS AND WOMEN, AND MORE…
To round out your reading list, here are a group of titles worthy for this International Women's Week: Spitfire Women of WWII – Written by Giles Whittell, “This is the incredible sotry of an exclusive wartime sisterhood: a group of courageous, individual, gifted women...
read moreINTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S WEEK ~ WE, ALSO, WERE THERE
In addition to the books shared earlier, there are two that look at the WAAF (Women’s Auxiliary Air Force) – ‘Archie’ Hall, WAAF wrote We, Also, Were There. “ This is a collection of recollections of those hitherto forgotten young women, the WAAF of Bomber...
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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.