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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.
Operation Grapple 1956-1957
Library, In Storage, R014606
Government publication that provides details about the work of Operation Grapple, 1956-1957.
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- Royal Air Force
- 160 Wing (RAF) [1]
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- AVM Cecil Thomas Weir [1]
- AVM Wilfred Ewart Oulton [1]
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- Sir William Penney [1]
- Task Force Grapple (RAF) [1]