Exhibition
The Second World War
Ongoing
By the Second World War, Canada now had its own air force, and was active in supplying air crew, aircraft and armaments to the war effort.
The RCAF contributed greatly to the war effort, whose members served with distinction at home and overseas.
Explore the rise of air power before and during the Second World War, and learn how the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan provided more than 120,000 Allied service personnel with training at schools across Canada.
Exhibition highlights
- See a Supermarine Spitfire and a Messerschmitt Bf 109—two of the most iconic fighter planes of the Second World War
- Wonder at the museum’s impressive Lancaster bomber—the most complete and original Lancaster in the world
- See some of the training airplanes used in the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan
Collection highlights
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