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RAF Harrington USAAF Station 179 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Royal Air Force station | ||||||||||||||||||
Owner | Air Ministry | ||||||||||||||||||
Operator | United States Army Air Forces Royal Air Force | ||||||||||||||||||
Location | Kettering, Northamptonshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||
Built | 1943 | ||||||||||||||||||
In use | 1943–1945, 1958–1963 | ||||||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 535 ft / 163 m | ||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 52°23′34″N 000°51′43″W / 52.39278°N 0.86194°W | ||||||||||||||||||
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Royal Air Force Harrington or more simply RAF Harrington is a former Royal Air Force station in England about 5.6 miles (9.0 km) west of Kettering in Northamptonshire south of the village of Harrington off the A14 road. During the early Cold War, it was a Thor missile site, designed to deliver atomic warheads to the Soviet Union. The nuclear missile site is now protected as a Grade II listed building as an example of Cold War architecture.