Our Patron, The Prince of Wales
His Royal Highness Prince Charles, The Prince of Wales, has
been the Patron of The Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum since
January 1, 1981. The Museum was honoured to welcome the Prince
of Wales on April 26, 1996 when he made a visit to the museum
to officially open our new facility.
More
than 400 organizations across the Commonwealth have the Prince
as Patron or President and we are honoured to be among them.
The Prince’s official website is www.princeofwales.gov.uk
The
following is a message from our Patron, HRH Prince Charles,
The Prince of Wales, just before his visit in 1996:
HRH
Prince of Wales
As Patron of the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum, I was
horrified to hear of the devastating fire in February 1993.
I am delighted to be told of the immense efforts going into
rebuilding what was destroyed and the work that is going into
making the museum bigger and better than before. This year,
the 50th Anniversary of the Landings in Normandy, reminds
us that it is more important than ever to preserve as many
historically significant military aircraft and aviation artifacts
as possible. These continue to remind us of the huge contribution
Canadians made to the Allied cause for the preservation of
peace.
