Fogo Island Radar Station


Fogo Island Radar Station was a United States Army General Surveillance Ground Radar Early Warning Station in the Dominion of Newfoundland. It was built during World War II and responsible for monitoring air traffic from Gander to Goose Bay and into the Atlantic Ocean. It was located in Sandy Cove, Fogo Island north-northwest of St. John's. It was closed in 1945.

History

The site was established in 1942 as the first United States Ground Radar Early Warning Station, funded by the United States Army, which stationed the 685th Air Warning Squadron on the site under operational control of Newfoundland Base Command at Pepperrell Air Force Base. The station was assigned to Royal Canadian Air Force in November 1944, and was given designation "No 44 RU". The RCAF operated the station until 1 October 1945.
It operated an SCR-270 manned Early-warning radar.

United States Army Air Forces units and assignments

Units:685th Air Warning Company, 1943
Assignments: