About the Author

John Boyes, a chartered accountant, has had a lifelong interest in the development of early strategic missiles. His first book on Thor, a little understood aspect of RAF history, attracted wide interest. Following a visit to the US and further contacts made with a number of people involved with the project on both sides of the Atlantic this second book looks in greater depth at the involvement of American personnel in constructing the missile bases in the UK as well as the extensive training programme undertaken by the RAF crews in America.