Elliston Ridge Air Station (ID: N-22B, C-22B) was a General Surveillance Gap Filler Radar station in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, It was located 74 miles (119 km) north-northwest of St. John's.[1] It was closed in 1961.
Elliston Ridge Air Station | |
|---|---|
| Part of Pinetree Line | |
| Newfoundland, Canada | |
 Emblem of the 642d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron | |
| Coordinates | 48°37′33″N 053°03′31″W / 48.62583°N 53.05861°W |
| Type | Radar Station |
| Code | N-22B |
| Site information | |
| Controlled by | Aerospace Defense Command |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1957 |
| Built by |  United States Air Force |
| In use | 1957–1961 |
Elliston Ridge Radar Station | |
|---|---|
| Part of United States General Surveillance Radar | |
| Newfoundland | |
 Emblem of the 685th Air Warning Squadron | |
| Type | Radar Station |
| Code | Duo |
| Site information | |
| Controlled by | Newfoundland Base Command |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1942 |
| Built by |  United States Army |
| In use | 1943–1945 |
| Garrison information | |
| Garrison | 685th Air Warning Company |
History
editThe site was established in 1943 as a United States Army anti-aircraft spotting station (Codename: Duo) with an SCR-271 early warning radar. Fifty-two members (three officers and 49 enlisted men) 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 (GCI) radar sites.
The station was assigned to Aerospace Defense Command in 1957, and was given designation "N-22B" (later "C-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.[2]
USAF units and assignments
editUnits:
- 642d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, 1957
- Inactivated 1 October 1961
Assignments:
- 4731st Air Defense Group, 1 April 1957
- Goose Air Defense Sector, 6 June 1960 – 1 October 1961
References
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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] Archived 2006-11-23 at the Wayback Machine 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][dead link] US Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories, Champaign, IL (1997)