Elliston Ridge Air Station (ID: N-22B, C-22B) was a General Surveillance Gap Filler Radar station in the

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, 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 (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

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, under operational control of

Red Cliff Air Station Red Cliff Air Station (Also known as St. Johns) (ID: N-22, C-22) was a General Surveillance Radar station. The remains of which are located north-northeast of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It was closed in 1961. History ...

and part of

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of Ground-Control Intercept (GCI) radar sites. The station was assigned to

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in 1957, and was given designation "N-22B" (later "C-22B)."

stationed the

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at the station in 1957. It operated an

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manned Gap Filler search radar. Information for Elliston Ridge AS, NL
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USAF units and assignments

Units: * 642d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, 1957 : Inactivated 1 October 1961 Assignments: * 4731st Air Defense Group, 1 April 1957 *

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, 6 June 1960 – 1 October 1961

References

* Cornett, Lloyd H. and Johnson, Mildred W., ''A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization 1946 - 1980'

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

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