 On 7 August 1942, a German Focke-Wulf Fw 200 "Condor", probably on a mission to bomb the station, smashed into the nearby mountainside of Danielssenkrateret in fog, killing all nine crew members.In 1950, the wreck of another German plane with four crew members was discovered on the southwest side of the island.In 1943, the Americans established a radio locating station named Atlantic City in the north to try to locate German radio bases in Greenland.