Elliston Ridge Air Station

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
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

Elliston Ridge AS

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Location of Elliston Ridge Air Station, Newfoundland

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. 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 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.

USAF units and assignments

Units:

• 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

 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)
• Winkler, David F. & Webster, Julie L., Searching the Skies, The Legacy of the United States Cold War Defense Radar Program, [2] US Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories, Champaign, IL (1997)