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]
Fogo Island Radar Station | |
|---|---|
| Part of United States General Surveillance Radar | |
| Newfoundland | |
 Emblem of the 685th Air Warning Squadron | |
| Coordinates | 49°42′32″N 054°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 |
History
editThe 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
editUnits:
- Inactivated November 1944
Assignments:
- Newfoundland Base Command, Winter 1943
References
edit This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
- ^ "A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization 1946 – 1980" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 February 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
- ^ "Other American Stations". www.heritage.nf.ca.
- ^ "Newfoundland Forts".
- ^ "The first United States Ground Radar Early Warning Station in the North Atlantic area at Sandy Cove, Fogo Island, Newfoundland".
- ^ "The CADIN Pinetree Line Locations".
- ^ "Searching the Skies, The Legacy of the United States Cold War Defense Radar Program" (PDF).
- ^ "HyperWar: US Army in WWII: Military Relations Between the U.S. And Canada, 1939–1945 [Chapter 7]".
- ^ "Fogo Island".
- ^ "1944/45 – Daily Diary – 44 Radio Unit – Fogo Island, Newfoundland".
- ^ "Newfoundland Forts". www.northamericanforts.com.
- Cornett, Lloyd H. and Johnson, Mildred W., A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization 1946 – 1980,[1] Archived 13 February 2016 at the Wayback Machine Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center, Peterson AFB, CO (1980)