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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

Operation Grapple 1956-1957

Library, In Storage, R014606

Government publication that provides details about the work of Operation Grapple, 1956-1957.

Front page of Operation Grapple booklet, Crown ©