Relief Landing Field
Netley Lake
General Information
Base / Station: Netley Lake
Province: Manitoba
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Role: Primary Relief Landing Field (R1) to Gimli
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Site Evolution
- The Publication On Track…the Pilot’s Air Travel Guide (First Annual Edition – 1978) lists the Aerodrome as “Netley – Lat:50 22N – Long:97 00W – 1.3NNW – 62NE, E-17 – Abandoned”
Current Status:
Image from the
RCAF Pilots Manual of Aerodromes and Seaplane Bases
c.1942
National Defence Photo – REA 30-1
Site Plan – 1944
(June 1944) (Source 1 Canadian Air Division)
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Location – Google Map
For More information – External Links
- MilitaryBruce.com – Canadian Military History by Bruce Forsyth
- Manitoba Historical Society
I visited Netley in the early 60s and Northland Fish were doing some operations out.of there. I was quite young so can’t offer much more info. I did my private pilot icense at RCAF flying club Gimli in 1973-64.
Back in the 50s fish were flown to Netley, then trucked to Clandeboye,where there was a processing plant. I don’t know the name of the company , but they flew aircraft I later thought were Cansos.