The WWII RAF Airfield That Became A THOR PGM-17 Missile Site.

In 1959 RAF Breighton was brought out of mothballs and became a Thor Intercontinental Missile Base with the formation of 240 Squadron. Assigned to defend and protect these weapons was 112 (Fighter) Squadron armed with 32 Bloodhound surface-to-air missiles. Personnel were billeted at RAF Church Fenton (singles) and in RAF Married Quarters in Acomb, York. RAF 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.
Today I take a look at the Bloodhound missile areas.