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This is a collection of Thor images from the Imperial War Museum’s collection and are copyright IWM. They have been downloaded for this project under the IWM copyright exemptions that permit non-commercial use. Click on each image to see the full sized original via the IWM website.
RAF personnel including RAF Police and dogs stand in front of a Douglas Thor intermediate range surface to surface ballistic (IRBM) missile on its launch pad at RAF Feltwell, Norfolk.
A Douglas Thor intermediate range surface to surface ballistic (IRBM) missile being raised on its launch pad at RAF Feltwell, Norfolk. Photographers and film cameramen stand at a distance recording the event.
A Douglas Thor intermediate range surface to surface ballistic (IRBM) missile, minus its warhead, being taken away from its launch pad at RAF Feltwell after the missile system was disbanded.
Three senior NCO missile maintenance technicians check the internal systems of a Douglas PGM-17 Thor missile of No 77 (SM) Squadron at RAF Feltwell in November 1958.
A Douglas Thor intermediate range surface to surface ballistic (IRBM) missile formerly of No 97 (SM) Squadron at RAF Hemswell on a flatbed lorry at RAF Scampton prior to being loaded on to a USAF C133 Cargomaster transport for transport back to the United States as the missile program is disbanded.
A Douglas Thor intermediate range surface to surface ballistic (IRBM) missile possibly at No 77 Squadron at RAF Feltwell, Suffolk.
An RAF policeman stands guard at the ‘business end’ of a Douglas PGM-17 Thor intermediate range ballistic missile, 1963. The missile is resting horizontally on its launcher, but its shelter has been retracted, showing the array of umbilicals required to monitor the state of the guidance systems.
A Douglas Thor intermediate range surface to surface ballistic (IRBM) missile, minus it’s warhead, being taken away from its launch pad at RAF Feltwell after the missile system was disbanded.
RAF missile technicians work on the Rocketdyne MB-3 liquid propellant engine of a Douglas Thor intermediate-range ballistic missile.
A Douglas Thor intermediate range ballistic missile arrives in the UK. The missile is on a trolley and is being removed from the cargo bay via the nose of an C-124 Globemaster of the United States Air Force’s Military Air Transport Service (M.A.T.S). Royal Air Force Police and dog handlers are nearby.
Liquid oxygen, part of the fuel for a Douglas PGM-17 Thor missile, boils off under pressure during a ‘wet countdown’ by an unidentified Thor missile squadron, c.1961.