RAF Ludford Magna -No 104(SM) Squadron RAF   - 3 Thor IRBM launchers-Jul 22, 1959 - May 24, 1963.

While at Hemswell I read a book by Ray Ollis, 101 Nights which was a fictionalised account of night time bomber operations at Ludford Magna during WWII

This site was notable for the wartime bombs still stored on the runways. All contraband had to be handed in at the guardroom (matches, lighters and cigarettes etc. We circumvented this by parking outside the site, one pillar was just inside the boundary.

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