cold war PGM-17 Thor and bloodhound missile site
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2400 x 3600 px | 20.3 x 30.5 cm | 8 x 12 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
13 August 2008Location:
Breighton Airfield, Selby, UKMore information:
In 1959 RAF Breighton became a Thor Intercontinental Missile Base with the formation of 240 Squadron. Assigned to defend and protect these weapons was 112 Squadron armed with 32 Bloodhound surface-to-air missiles. Breighton was one of a cluster of sites in Yorkshire to house this most deadly nuclear deterrent, the others being RAF Driffield, RAF Carnaby, RAF Catfoss and RAF Full Sutton.