Exhibition Introduction
A City in the Air London's Aviation Story
Events
Opened June 24, 1940 at Crumlin Airport, this school provided primary pilot training using Fleet Finch II aircraft. Student pilots learned fundamental flight skills, aerobatics, and basic navigation — both Canadian and international trainees progressed from here to advanced training schools across the Commonwealth.
Guided Tour
Opened December 17, 1940, this school trained navigators and air observers using the Avro Anson and Harvard aircraft. Trainees from New Zealand, the United States, and across the Commonwealth completed navigation, bombing, gunnery, and map-reading courses, supported by Link trainers for instrument flight simulation.
Gallery
A lasting tribute to those who lost their lives during aviation training in and around London. The Book of Remembrance records the names of aircrew, instructors, and support personnel who made the ultimate sacrifice preparing to defend freedom — searchable by name, rank, squadron, date of loss, and service number.
About London Aviation Museum
A project of 427 Wing (London), Royal Canadian Air Force Association. The museum is housed in a 1943 airmen's canteen at the London International Airport — the last surviving building from the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP) base that existed at London's airport during World War II. The canteen is a London landmark, listed in the city's Register of Cultural Heritage Resources. The museum commemorates the thousands of Canadian and Commonwealth airmen who trained at this site, as well as the military and civilian personnel who supported them — and the nearly 250 London men who lost their lives serving with the RCAF during World War Two.
Gallery Collection
