RCAF Station Carberry

RCAF Station Carberry
Carberry, Manitoba Near Carberry, Manitoba in Canada
RCAF Station Carberry
Coordinates	49°51′4.27″N 99°20′13.16″W / 49.8511861°N 99.3369889°W / 49.8511861; -99.3369889
Site information
Operator	Formerly Royal Canadian Air Force
Site history
Built	1940
Airfield information
Identifiers	IATA: none, ICAO: none
Runways Direction Length and surface 03R/33L 3,000 feet (914 m) rolled gravel 03L/33R 2,600 feet (792 m) rolled gravel 13R/23L 2,600 feet (792 m) rolled gravel 13L/23R 2,600 feet (792 m) rolled gravel 09L/27R 3,000 feet (914 m) rolled gravel 09R/27L 3,000 feet (914 m) rolled gravel
Airfields

RCAF Station Carberry was a Second World War air training station located near Carberry, Manitoba, Canada.

The Royal Air Force (RAF), opened No. 33 Service Flying Training School (SFTS) here in December 1940. As with all RAF training facilities in Canada, the station was subject to Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) administrative and operational control and formally became part of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan in 1942. The school closed in November 1944.

The airfield was one of the few double-sided aerodromes built for wartime training with six parallel runways formed in a triangle rather than the typical three runways formed in a triangle. In approximately 1942 the aerodrome was listed at 49°51′N 99°20′W / 49.850°N 99.333°W / 49.850; -99.333 with a Var. 12 degrees E and elevation of 1250'. Six runways were listed as follows: ^[1]

A relief landing field for RCAF Station Carberry was located approximately 8 Miles north. The relief field was constructed in the typical triangular pattern. In approximately 1942 the aerodrome was listed at 49°58′N 99°21′W / 49.967°N 99.350°W / 49.967; -99.350 with a Var. 12 degrees E and elevation of 1,280 feet (390 m). Three runways were listed as follows: ^[2]

A review of Google Maps on 8 June 2018 shows no visibility of the airfield.

The probable second relief landing field for RCAF Station Carberry was located approximately 15 miles north. The relief field was listed as turf with a triangular runway layout. In approximately 1942 the aerodrome was listed at 50°03′N 99°28′W / 50.050°N 99.467°W / 50.050; -99.467 with a Var. 12 degrees E and elevation of 1,274 feet (388 m). The aerodrome was listed as an All way field with three runways, they were listed as follows: ^[3]

A review of Google Maps on 8 June 2018 shows no visibility of an airfield near the posted coordinates.

After the war the station was used as a storage depot until the RCAF moved out.

The site is now the location of a McCain Foods potato processing facility.

• Carberry, Manitoba
• Rural Municipality of North Cypress
• Camp Hughes

• Bruce Forsyth's Canadian Military History Page