Ascension Island
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Ascension Island
An island, in the South Atlantic and part of the British overseas territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha.
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Ascension Island was made a dependency of Saint Helena in 1922, and Tristan da Cunha followed in 1938.
A U.S. Army Air Corps bomber flying out of a secret South Atlantic airbase on Ascension Island attacked the U-boat.
Braybrook 1982, p. 15. From 10 to 24 May 1982, prior to British forces landing in the Falklands, a detachment of three GR.3s provided air defence for Ascension Island until three F-4 Phantom IIs arrived to take on this responsibility.
On 16 September, at 11:25am, U-156, with a Red Cross flag draped across her gun deck, was spotted by an American B-24 Liberator bomber from Ascension Island.
Fort Hayes until recently housed the museum of the Ascension Island Heritage Society. citation Present-day Georgetown The town is a centre of culture on Ascension.
João da Nova discovered Ascension Island in 1501 and Saint Helena in 1502; Tristão da Cunha was the first to sight the archipelago still known by his name in 1506.