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75 images that tell the story of AWE over the decades

Queen opens HELEN
General McAuliffe briefing troops, September 1944 © USAAF USA.gov
Operation Market Garden © USAAF USA.gov
Images of gliders on Aldermaston airfield lined up in 1944
Images of gliders on Aldermaston airfield lined up in 1944
AWE exhibition at West Berkshire Museum
AWE exhibition at West Berkshire Museum
AWE community drop-in session
LLC meetings about FMC
WE177
Gemini
Onsite pond
Orion target chamber
Orion hallway
”AWE’ in a pin
Glove Box
Orion- Laser Physicist makes adjustments to a laser configuration
Aerial shot of Aldermaston Airfield 1945
Aerial shot of Aldermaston Airfield 1945
Lord Penny
Lord Penny, atomic scientist
Orion
Plating Workshop
Plating Workshop
New buildings

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