- on 22 July 1959, one of 20 squadrons associated with Project Emily. The squadron was equipped with three PGM-17 Thor Intermediate range ballistic missiles. and based at RAF Ludford Magna. In October 1962, during the Cuban Missile Crisis, the squadron was kept at full readiness, with the missiles aimed at strategic targets in the USSR. The squadron was disbanded on 24 May 1963, with the termination of the Thor Program in Britain. Aircraft operated 1918–1919 Airco DH.9 1918–1919 Airco DH.10 Amiens 1936–1938 Hawker Hind 1938–1940 Bristol Blenheim I 1939–1940 Avro Anson I 1939–1940 Bristol Blenheim IV 1941–1943 Vickers Wellington II 1943–1945 Vickers Wellington X 1945–1946 Consolidater Liberator VI 1945–1947 Avro Lancaster B7(FE) 1955–1956 English Electric Canberra B2 1959–1963 Thor IRBM See also List of UK Thor missile bases References Citations Bibliography External links 104 104 Military units and formations established in 1917 1917 establishments in the United Kingdom