St. Bride's Radar Station

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St. Bride's Radar Station
Newfoundland Base Command
Site history
Built1942
Built byUnited States Army
In use1943-1945
Garrison information
Garrison685th Air Warning Company
St. Bride's Radar Station is located in Newfoundland and Labrador
St. Bride's Radar Station
St. Bride's Radar Station
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St. Bride's Radar Station 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 Naval Station Argentia to RCAF Torbay and into the Atlantic Ocean.[3] It was located in St. Bride's, 135 kilometres (84 mi) southwest of St. John's.[4] It was closed in 1945.

History

The site was established in 1942 as a United States Ground Radar Early Warning Station, funded by the

SCR-271 manned early-warning radar with information sent by radio to a plotting center at Pepperrell AFB to track aircraft. St Bride's was the third of a chain of four stations around the Newfoundland coast and was accordingly given the radio code name of "Trio".[8] The station was assigned to Royal Canadian Air Force
on 1 November 1944, and was given designation "No 41 RU". The RCAF operated the station until 7 October 1945.

United States Army Air Forces units and assignments

Units:

Inactivated November 1944

Assignments:

  • Newfoundland Base Command
    , Winter 1943

References

  1. ISBN 0-920911-85-4
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  2. ^ "Searching the Skies, The Legacy of the United States Cold War Defense Radar Program" (PDF).
  3. ISBN 0920508146
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  4. ^ "The CADIN Pinetree Line Locations".
  5. ^ "A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization 1946 - 1980" (PDF).
  6. ISBN 0-9681973-0-2
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  7. ^ "Other American Stations". www.heritage.nf.ca.
  8. ^ Cardoulis (1990) p. 134

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

  • Cornett, Lloyd H. and Johnson, Mildred W., A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization 1946 - 1980,[1] Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center, Peterson AFB, CO (1980)
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