Kangerdlugssuak Weather
Station
No Picture
Station # |
Call Sign |
Bluie code |
Build |
Location |
? |
? |
BE 1 |
Summer 1945 |
68°09'N 31°45'W |
Captain Robert P. Sykes, USAAC - Commander 8th Weather Squadron Detachment. Inspection of East Greenland (September 1944) - "Belle Isle" & "Polarbjørn":
Furthermore, on our return from Scoresby we had not been authorized to
scout the Kangerdlugssuak area for the proposed weather site. |
Assigned | Year | Personnel | Units |
US Army | 1945 | app ? men | 8th Weather Squadron Detachment |
Denmark | 1945 - 1948 | app 7 men | DWXCO |
Name |
Postmark |
Date |
Sender |
Note |
Kangerdlugssuak | U.S. NAVY | 20.8.46 |
Skjold Kangerdlugssuak, Greenland 8th Weather Sq c/o APO 858 N.Y., N.Y. |
PR |
Cancel used by NAVY 1503 - Narsarssuaq, Greenland |
Postal Service
Post Office |
Postmark |
Year |
Note |
APO |
N/A | 45 | US Army |
APO/NAVY | N/A | 1945-49 | Danish |
Kangerdlugssuak | 1949-50 | - |
QSL
1948-1950
QSL card from OX3MG, OX3SF, OX3MF, OX3WC & OX3UF
Gallery
Personnel
Year |
Name |
Note |
1946 | Skjold | Danish |
1947-48 | Greve Rasmussen | Danish |
1947-48 | Danielsen | Danish |
1949-50 | Gunnar Overgaard | Danish |
1949 | Hans Beyer | Danish |
1949 | Willy Nielsen | Danish |
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Update: 7.10.2006
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