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    Dropping Britain’s First H-Bomb: Story of Operation Grapple 1957

    By Kenneth Hubbard and Michael Simmons

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    On 15 May 1957 Vickers Valiant V-Bomber X.D.818 under the command of Wg. Cdr. Kenneth Hubbard, O.C. 49 Squadron R.A.F., dropped Britain’s first live thermonuclear bomb. The success of Operation Grapple broadcast to the world that the UK had the resolve and the capability to protect her own democracy and that of her Commonwealth. It was a major breakthrough that ensured Britain maintained her place in the most senior influential positions of the United Nations and other corridors of world power, and in the ensuing years provide Britain’s deterrent throughout the decades of the Cold War.

    The theme of this book is to explain how the R.A.F. selected and trained the crews who would be responsible for the precision dropping of the several weapons that would detonate during Grapple. It also provides a complete background to the parts played by all other services during this unique period in British history.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPen and Sword
    Release dateOct 31, 2008
    ISBN9781783460649
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    Dropping Britain’s First H-Bomb: Story of Operation Grapple 1957
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    Kenneth Hubbard

    Group Captain Kenneth Hubbard OBE DFC AFC, Michael Simmonsare an ex-pilot and author respectively.

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