What is this? Answer : Weather Station Kurt
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AirborneBob
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Looks like a weather station.....
Looks like a weather station.....
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iron mike usmc
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Somewhere above the Arctic circle. Norway, Sweden, or Finland maybe.
Somewhere above the Arctic circle. Norway, Sweden, or Finland maybe.
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An automatic weather station of the Wehrmacht at the Coast of St. Martin's Bay (Labrador), south of Kap Chidley. It started service at 23. October 1943.
Weather Station Kurt
Accurate weather reporting was important to the sea war and on September 18, 1943, U-537 sailed from Kiel, via Bergen (Norway), with a meteorological team led by Professor Kurt Sommermeyer. They landed at Martin Bay near the northern tip of Labrador on October 22, 1943 and successfully set up an automatic weather station ("Weather Station Kurt" or "Wetter-Funkgerät Land-26"), despite the constant risk of Allied air patrols. The station was powered by batteries which were were expected to last about three months. At the beginning of July 1944, U-867 left Bergen to replace the equipment, but was sunk en route. The weather station remained undisturbed by the locals until the 1980s and is now at the Canadian War Museum.
for details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_Station_Kurt
An automatic weather station of the Wehrmacht at the Coast of St. Martin's Bay (Labrador), south of Kap Chidley. It started service at 23. October 1943.
Weather Station Kurt
Accurate weather reporting was important to the sea war and on September 18, 1943, U-537 sailed from Kiel, via Bergen (Norway), with a meteorological team led by Professor Kurt Sommermeyer. They landed at Martin Bay near the northern tip of Labrador on October 22, 1943 and successfully set up an automatic weather station ("Weather Station Kurt" or "Wetter-Funkgerät Land-26"), despite the constant risk of Allied air patrols. The station was powered by batteries which were were expected to last about three months. At the beginning of July 1944, U-867 left Bergen to replace the equipment, but was sunk en route. The weather station remained undisturbed by the locals until the 1980s and is now at the Canadian War Museum.
for details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_Station_Kurt