Fogo Island Radar Station | |
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Part of United States General Surveillance Radar | |
Newfoundland | |
Coordinates | 49°42′32″N054°04′18.8″W / 49.70889°N 54.071889°W |
Type | Radar Station |
Code | Quad |
Site information | |
Controlled by | Newfoundland Base Command |
Site history | |
Built | 1942 |
Built by | United States Army |
In use | 1943–1945 |
Garrison information | |
Garrison | 685th Air Warning Company |
Fogo Island Radar Station (Quad) was a United States Army General Surveillance Ground Radar Early Warning Station in the Dominion of Newfoundland. [1] [2] It was built during World War II and responsible for monitoring air traffic from Gander to Goose Bay and into the Atlantic Ocean. [3] It was located in Sandy Cove, Fogo Island 260 kilometres (160 mi) north-northwest of St. John's. [4] It was closed in 1945. [5]
The site was established in 1942 as the first United States Ground Radar Early Warning Station, funded by the United States Army, [6] which stationed the 685th Air Warning Squadron on the site under operational control of Newfoundland Base Command at Pepperrell Air Force Base. [7] The station was assigned to Royal Canadian Air Force in November 1944, and was given designation "No 44 RU". [8] The RCAF operated the station until 1 October 1945. [9]
It operated an SCR-270 manned Early-warning radar. [10]
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This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency.