FSX – Royal Air Force Breighton

FSX – Royal Air Force Breighton is a former Royal Air Force station located near to the village of Breighton, East Riding of Yorkshire, England and is now Breighton Airfield. The airfield was built between 1940 and 1942 for No. 1 Group RAF, its first residents were the No. 460 Squadron RAAF. From 1959 to 1963, as part of Project Emily, the base was a launch site for three nuclear-armed PGM-17 Thor intermediate-range ballistic missiles, operated by No. 240 Squadron RAF. The base closed in March 1964, when the last active unit (which operated the Bristol Bloodhound air-defence missile) withdrew.

By Terry Boissel

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