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Operation GRAPPLE H-Bomb Test Pennant

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1957, London, Hangar One, X003-1405

Operation GRAPPLE was a series of nuclear weapons tests carried out on the Malden and Christmas Islands during 1957 and 1958.

Navy triangular flag with while lettering and seabird motif, © RAF Museum

Operation Grapple Pennant, 1957-58

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1958, In Storage, X008-7108

Pennant from Operation Grapple, which was a series of British nuclear weapons tests over Malden Island and Christmas Island, 1957-1958

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Operation GRAPPLE Commemorative Beer Mat

Aircraft & Exhibits, Circa 1990, In Storage, X008-4700

Operation GRAPPLE was the codename given to the trials of Britain's first hydrogen bomb. The RAF's No. 49 Squadron was responsible for the air dropping of the weapon. The first trial took place on 15 May 1957, over Malden Island in the Pacific Ocean.

Blue circular cardboard disc with a nuclear cloud in red, © RAF Museum

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