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Old 4th Aug 2019, 11:27
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Originally Posted by Corporal Clott
My favourite was the one at RAF Woodhall Spa that was slotted in around the old Thor missile launch bases - if you managed to hit one then it put another 100yds on your drive from the tee!
Woodhall Spa was never a Thor site, what you reference were the Bloodhound launch pads.

The Bloodhounds were there until 1964 protecting Coningsby (which at the time was V Force) in a similar way to Woolfox Lodge protecting Cottesmore and Wittering or Misson Springs protecting Finningley.

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