RCAF Station Carberry

General Information

Aircraft Flown: Anson

Financial Impact:

Station Magazine/Newspaper: Gen!

Date / Reason for closure: 

• November 17, 1944 No. 33 SFTS closed with the acceleration of the BCATP phase-out. In response to the changing tide of the war overseas and the forecasted end to it shortly, many air training centres were closed and the personnel discharged.
• Disbandment Order:
  • https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c12353/1195?r=0&s=1

Site details:

Aerodrome:

Runways:

Railway Spur:

Married Quarters: None

Site Evolution:

• The Publication On Track…the Pilot’s Air Travel Guide (First Annual Edition – 1978) lists the Aerodrome as “Carberry – Lat:49 51N – Long:99 20W – GMT-6(5) – 62SE, E-17 – Abandoned”

Current Status: abandoned airfield, all runways still exist but overgrown, one hangar still exists as part of MacCain indust. Plant

Site Plan – 1944

Site Plan – 1952

Location – Google Map

Daily Diary – Transcription Links – No. 33 Service Flying Training School

The Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum, Brandon, Manitoba has created a transcription of this Daily Diary.
Their web site is AirMuseum.ca

Fatalities

This list was compiled from the entries in the Daily diaries of No. 33 Service Flying Training School and the list of fatalities in Canada compiled by the Bomber Command Museum of Canada in Nanton, Alberta.  The list likely does not include all fatalities of personnel who died while stationed at RCAF Station Carberry, and likely includes some errors. Currently we have 27 fatalities listed for Carberry.

Aircraft List

Courts Martial

The following personnel were recommended for courts martial and a file was created on the Charged Offence, not all Offences were tried. This list is not complete but I will be working my way through the reels in the upcoming months.

• Flying Officer Philip Arthur Clough (RAF-42394)
  • Charged for Fraud
  • Trial – 8 February 1943
  • File is 86 pages in length.
  • Member was found guilty and sentenced to dismissal from his majesties forces. However there were procedural issues with the trail and it was recommended that the member tender his resignation.
• Pilot Officer Edwin William Crisp (RAF-135646)
  • Tried by Summary Trail – 20 November 1943
  • File is 24 pages
• Flight Lieutenant Douglas John Drake, DFC, DFM (RAF-47872)
  • Charged for flying offences
  • Trial – 31 October 1944
  • File is 105 pages in length.
  • Member was found guilty and sentenced to a reprimand and forfeiture of seniority.
• Flying Officer John Edwin Foster (RAF-127334)
  • Trial Date – 11 April 1944
  • File is 121 pages.
• Warrant Officer George Leslie Merrison (RAF-509551)
  • Charged with offences related to Assault and Conduct to the prejudice of the Good Order and Discipline
  • Trial Date -21 January 1944
  • This file is 229 pages
  • Found guilty of charge 2, sentenced to a reprimand.
• Flying Officer Clive Westgarth Simpson (RAF-153329)
  • Trial Date – 9 August 1944
  • File is 126 pages
• Leading Aircraftman Dennis Gordon Smith (RAAF-21058)
  • Charged for flying offences
  • Trial Date – 16 October 1944
  • File is 91pages in length.
  • Guilty of Charge 1, sentenced to 40 days detention.
• Flying Officer Hamilton Alan Trow (RAF-152038)
  • Trial Date – 29 August 1944
  • File is 190 pages
• Flying Officer John Tyrer (RAF-134538)
  • Trial Date – 11 April 1944
  • File is 133 pages

For More information – External Links

• Wikipedia
• MilitaryBruce.com – Canadian Military History by Bruce Forsyth
• Manitoba Historical Society