Elliston Ridge Air Station


Elliston Ridge Air Station was a General Surveillance Gap Filler Radar station in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, It was located north-northwest of St. John's. It was closed in 1961.

History

The site was established in 1943 as a United States Army anti-aircraft spotting station with an SCR-271 early warning radar. Fifty-two members of the 685th Air Warning Company were stationed at Elliston from winter 1943 to November 1944.
In 1957 a manned Gap Filler radar station was constructed, funded by the United States Air Force, under operational control of Red Cliff Air Station and part of Pinetree Line of Ground-Control Intercept radar sites.
The station was assigned to Aerospace Defense Command in 1957, and was given designation "N-22B"." Aerospace Defense Command stationed the 642d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron at the station in 1957. It operated an AN/FPS-14 manned Gap Filler search radar.

USAF units and assignments

Units:642d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, 1957
Assignments: