Fogo Island Radar Station Explained

Fogo Island Radar Station
Partof:United States General Surveillance Radar
Location:Newfoundland
Ensign:File:US Army Air Corps Hap Arnold Wings.svg
Type:Radar Station
Code:Quad
Built:1942
Builder:United States Army
Used:1943–1945
Controlledby:Newfoundland Base Command
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 260km (160miles) north-northwest of St. John's.[4] It was closed in 1945.[5]

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

Units:

Inactivated November 1944

Assignments:

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization 1946 – 1980 . 21 December 2022 . 13 February 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160213173347/http://www.usafpatches.com/pubs/handbookofadcorg.pdf . dead .
  2. Web site: Other American Stations. www.heritage.nf.ca.
  3. Web site: Newfoundland Forts .
  4. Web site: The first United States Ground Radar Early Warning Station in the North Atlantic area at Sandy Cove, Fogo Island, Newfoundland .
  5. Web site: The CADIN Pinetree Line Locations.
  6. Web site: Searching the Skies, The Legacy of the United States Cold War Defense Radar Program.
  7. Web site: HyperWar: US Army in WWII: Military Relations Between the U.S. And Canada, 1939–1945 [Chapter 7] .
  8. Web site: Fogo Island .
  9. Web site: 1944/45 – Daily Diary – 44 Radio Unit – Fogo Island, Newfoundland .
  10. Web site: Newfoundland Forts. www.northamericanforts.com.

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