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Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum

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The Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum is one of the major aviation museums in Canada. It is located at the John C. Munro International Airport on the outskirts of Hamilton, Ontario.

The Muesum boasts a large collection of military aircraft that have played a major role in the Canadian Military, including one of two airworthy Avro Lancasters, a Hawker Hurricane, and a Supermarine Spitfire. The Museum is also is in the process of restoring lesser known but historically significant aircraft, including the Westland Lysander and the Bristol Bolingbroke (a version of the Bristol Blenheim).

The Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum is a non-profit organization whose mandate is to acquire, document, preserve and maintain a complete collection of aircraft that were flown by Canadians and the Canadian military services from the beginning of World War II to the present.

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List of Aircraft

A partial list of aircraft at the museum (note that some of these include aircraft undergoing restoration):

Fighter Aircraft

Trainers/Transports

Fighter Jets

Bombers

Anti-Submarine

Observation

Army Co-operation

Single Engine Trainers

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