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| Come see it as it is now | RAF Feltwell -A Thor Missile BaseThe Thor
Rocket Station in No. 3 Group opened in June 1958. |
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THOR MISSILE NOW IN SERVICE WITH THE R.A.F. |
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| A ROCKET AND ITS CREW. The officers and men who form the launch crew standing in front of a Thor intermediate-range ballistic missile at the R.A.F. Station, Feltwell, Norfolk. Bomber Command's Thor force is now operational and will complete its build-up to a strength of 60 missiles by the middle of the year. The crew includes R.A.F. police with guard dogs which patrol the area. The 65ft-high missile, supplied by the United States, carries a nuclear warhead in the megaton range. |
LAUNCHING DRILL The Thor missile, designed to be held at 15 minutes' readiness or less, is housed in a protective shelter which is drawn back on rails. Top: The shelter being retracted to reveal the missile, and (right) the rocket completely exposed and being raised into the firing position. |
The missile almost in the vertical position during a practice "countdown" at Feltwell
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| CHECKING THE CLAMPS Master Navigator Lachlan Brown, of Falkirk, Stirlingshire, checking the clamps at the base of the missile after it had been raised to the firing position. |
Chief Tech, Norman Clamp, of Southport,
checking a propulsion unit. |
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