Английская Википедия:Allan's Island Radar Station

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox military structure Шаблон:Location map Шаблон:Kml Allan's Island Radar Station (Cinco) 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 Naval Station Argentia to Gander and into the Gulf of St. Lawrence. It was located on Allan’s Island Шаблон:Convert southwest of St. John's. It was closed in 1945.

History

The site was established in 1942 as a 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 40 RU". The RCAF operated the station until November 1, 1945.

It operated an SCR-270 manned Early-warning radar.

United States Army Air Forces units and assignments

Units:

• 685th Air Warning Squadron, 1943

Inactivated November 1944

Assignments:

• Newfoundland Base Command, Winter 1943

References

Bibliography

• Cornett, Lloyd H. and Johnson, Mildred W., A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization 1946 – 1980,[1] Шаблон:Webarchive Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center, Peterson AFB, CO (1980)
• Winkler, David F. & Webster, Julie L., Searching the Skies, The Legacy of the United States Cold War Defense Radar Program, [2]Шаблон:Cbignore US Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories, Champaign, IL (1997)