{"id":19030,"date":"2025-12-16T15:11:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T19:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shearwateraviationmuseum.ca\/?page_id=19030"},"modified":"2026-04-15T07:28:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T10:28:04","slug":"submarine-mining","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/shearwateraviationmuseum.ca\/index.php\/world-war-i-history-group\/submarine-mining\/","title":{"rendered":"Yellow Wings Over Nova Scotia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/shearwateraviationmuseum.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Mark-Peapell.jpg\" alt=\"Mark Peapell, guest Speaker\" class=\"wp-image-19163\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shearwateraviationmuseum.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Mark-Peapell.jpg 200w, https:\/\/shearwateraviationmuseum.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Mark-Peapell-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Thursday, 16 April 2026, 7-9 pm:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please find below the coordinates for the zoom link to Mark Peapell\u2019s presentation on Thursday night for those not able to join in person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Entitled \u201cYellow Wings Over Nova Scotia\u201d, Mark will &nbsp;recount the role of Nova Scotia in Canada\u2019s largest contribution to the Second World War, the BCATP. Airfields across NS took part in contributing trained airmen to the BCATP(British Commonwealth Air Training Plan).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Airfields at Stanley, Debert, Maitland, Greenwood and Yarmouth, all hosted training schools , which all supplied different aircrew training from pilots to naval telegraph and wireless operators. RCAF Dartmouth played a very minor &nbsp;role in the plan, but it is little known.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For those who are planning to join us in person, the museum doors will open at 6:15 pm. 34 Bonavenure Street, Shearwater NS  B0J 3A0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See you then!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Join Zoom Meeting<br><a href=\"https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/j\/84193840311?pwd=104z71s6xBQbc3FL85XqUy364exacQ.1\">https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/j\/84193840311?pwd=104z71s6xBQbc3FL85XqUy364exacQ.1<\/a><br>Meeting ID: 841 9384 0311<br>Passcode: 613026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\n<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nTopic of the month for April 2026 is &#8220;\u201cYellow Wings over Nova Scotia\u201d\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shearwateraviationmuseum.ca\/index.php\/world-war-i-history-group\/submarine-mining\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Yellow Wings Over Nova Scotia&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shearwateraviationmuseum.ca\/index.php\/world-war-i-history-group\/submarine-mining\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Yellow Wings Over Nova Scotia&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19172,"parent":19008,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-19030","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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