Weather Station Kurt Map

Weather Station Kurt was an automatic weather station, erected by a German U-boat crew of the Kriegsmarine in northern Labrador, Dominion of Newfoundland, in October 1943. Installing the equipment for the station was the only known armed German military operation on land in North America during the Second World War. After the war, it was forgotte…
Weather Station Kurt was an automatic weather station, erected by a German U-boat crew of the Kriegsmarine in northern Labrador, Dominion of Newfoundland, in October 1943. Installing the equipment for the station was the only known armed German military operation on land in North America during the Second World War. After the war, it was forgotten until its rediscovery in 1977.
  • Built: 22 October 1943
  • Operator: Kriegsmarine
  • Controlled by: Germany
  • Built by: Kurt Sommermeyer & Walter Hildebrant
  • In use: 1943–1944
  • Demolished: 1981
  • Battles/wars: Battle of the Atlantic
Data from: en.wikipedia.org