Antiaircraft Training at Camp Hero

Antiaircraft Training at Camp Hero (HM2LBE)

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N 41° 3.886', W 71° 51.736'

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Battery 216 served the New York City area as a coastal defense site from 1943 until its deactivation in 1947. In 1951, when part of Camp Hero became an antiaircraft artillery training station, Battery 216's empty bunker was used to store ammunition. Antiaircraft units in the New York area were sent to train at Camp Hero for a few weeks with 90 millimeter and later 120 millimeter antiaircraft guns.
From three permanent firing stations facing the Atlantic Ocean, soldiers fired on OQ-19b radio-controlled planes, tow targets, and barge targets. They also conducted light antiaircraft artillery practice against the OQ-19b radio-controlled planes with .50 caliber machine guns. Both planes could simulate the attack patterns of enemy aircraft. Advances in planes and missile detection made manual antiaircraft defenses obsolete, and in 1957, Operation Changeover closed antiaircraft artillery installations in the New York Metropolitan area.
[Illustration captions, clockwise from top right]
· This map shows the target launch area and firing stations. The target launch area is located beyond the third station and was used for



both catapult and rotary launches.
· A launcher chief made sure that the target plane connected to the launching car was secure before starting the plane's engine. Then he plugged in the detonator box, and when he received the proper signal, launched the target.
· The OQ-19 target plane had greater maneuverability than towed targets, but lacked the size and speed of actual airplanes. Flight controllers created flight patterns for the target plane. The OQ-19b, which included an autopilot system, could simulate high-altitude flight patterns for 90mm and 120mm artillery practice.
· Soldiers perform maintenance work on a 120mm gun. This gun, installed after the 90mm model, had a maximum firing range of 20,000 yards.
· Soldiers take target practice with the M1 90mm gun. The M1 could be mobile or mounted in place, but was replaced by the more accurate M2. The M1 had a maximum firing range of 19,560 yards.
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HM NumberHM2LBE
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Placed ByNew York State Parks
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Date Added Sunday, September 29th, 2019 at 8:02pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)19T E 259500 N 4549894
Decimal Degrees41.06476667, -71.86226667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 41° 3.886', W 71° 51.736'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds41° 3' 53.16" N, 71° 51' 44.16" W
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