Fogo Island Radar Station

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Fogo Island Radar Station
US Army Air Corps Hap Arnold Wings.svg
Part of United States General Surveillance Radar
Newfoundland
685th Radar Squadron - Emblem.png
Emblem of the 685th Air Warning Squadron
Coordinates 49°42′32″N054°04′18.8″W / 49.70889°N 54.071889°W / 49.70889; -54.071889 (Fogo Island Radar Station)
TypeRadar Station
CodeQuad
Site information
Controlled by Newfoundland Base Command
Site history
Built1942
Built by United States Army
In use1943–1945
Garrison information
Garrison685th Air Warning Company
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Fogo Island Radar Station
Location of Fogo Island Radar Station, Newfoundland
Map all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap

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]

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History

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]

United States Army Air Forces units and assignments

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Inactivated November 1944

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