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On Sunday, November 13th at 3:00 p.m. friends gather at Oakland Cemetery to honor the 20 cadets who died during their training at the No. 1 British Flying Training School. With bagpipes, prayers, remembrances, and fly-overs, guests pay tribute to the fallen. After the cemetery ceremony, visitors return to the Museum for a formal high tea.
Each February the Choctaw Nation gathers to honor four cadets of the No. 1 British Flying Training School who crashed near Antlers, OK in February 1943 while on a training mission. Members of the Choctaw Nation led authorities to the three crash sites in the Kiamichi Wilderness in southeastern Oklahoma. Generations later, sixth grade students at the Rattan School researched the history of crashes and gathered funds to create a permanent memorial to the cadets. The brief ceremony on the side of the mountain is followed by a reception in the VFW Hall in Antlers.
Each February the Choctaw Nation gathers to honor four cadets of the No. 1 British Flying Training School who crashed near Antlers, OK in February 1943 while on a training mission. Members of the Choctaw Nation led authorities to the three crash sites in the Kiamichi Wilderness in southeastern Oklahoma. Generations later, sixth grade students at the Rattan School researched the history of crashes and gathered funds to create a permanent memorial to the cadets. The brief ceremony on the side of the mountain is followed by a reception in the VFW Hall in Antlers.
Don your 1940s attire (or not!) grab your partner and swing over to the Museum and the Madix Hangar for the annual Big Band Hangar Dance. Great food, fun, fellowship, and music will recall the heydays of the No. 1 British Flying Training School. The Hangar Dance is one of the museum’s chief fundraisers via ticket sales, raffles, silent auctions, wine pulls and other fun activities.
