Royal Air Force Ludford Magna or more simply RAF Ludford Magna is a former Royal Air Force station located on agricultural farmland immediately south of the village of Ludford, Lincolnshire and was si
A stretch of original perimeter track still standing at Ludford Magna
Lancaster NG128 of 101 Sqn from Ludford Magna dropping a Cookie over Duisburg on 14 October 1944
The PGM-17A Thor was the first operative ballistic missile of the United States Air Force. It was named after the Norse god of thunder. It was deployed in the United Kingdom with the Royal Air Force b
A Thor intermediate range ballistic missile.
Thor-Able at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Museum, Florida
Thor 101 on a launch pad, January 1957
Missile 151, nicknamed "Tune Up", on 16 December 1958, just prior to its launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base. The successful test was conducted a year after the base was activated.