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Description: | A V-Bomber Operational Readiness Platform operated from Bedford during the Cold War. This was one several V-Bomber Dispersal Bases in the early 1960s. These were temporary bases where crew and aircraft would be quickly scrambled. They were relied upon to escape the effects of enemy attack on their main bases and to execute a nuclear strike. These huts provided temporary housing for crews in the event of a 'Mickey Finn', the codeword for an immediate dispersal exercise. | Subjects: | Airfield Military | Source: | English Heritage - Viewfinder | Creator: | Ferguson, Aldon P | Identifier: | http://viewfinder.english-heritage.org.u... | Language: | en | Go to resource |
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