The Three B's. And a Missile Destroyed in California.

            The Postcard

A Seaside Comic Series postcard that was published by Bamforth & Co. Ltd. of Holmfirth, Yorkshire.  The card was printed in England.

It was posted in Weymouth on Thursday the 2nd. September 1965 to:

Master Dennis Mires,
122, Holcombe Vale,
Bathampton,
Bath.

The message on the back of the card, written in a childish hand, was as follows:

"Dear Dennis,
I am having a good time.
I have not bought your
present yet.
From John".

A Missile Destroyed in Mid-Air in California

So what else happened on the day that John posted the card?

Well, on the 2nd. September 1965, two homes in Vandenberg Village, California were severely damaged, and 41 people taken to hospital, after debris from a destroyed missile fell on their neighbourhood six miles from Vandenberg Air Force Base.

A Thor-Agena rocket had been launched from the base. It deviated from its course, and was destroyed by remote control at 30,000 feet, sending flaming wreckage down to the area below.

High winds caused the vehicle to drift off course. Debris fell on a trailer park.

-- The Thor-Agena

The Thor-Agena was a series of orbital launch vehicles. They used the Douglas-built Thor first stage and the Lockheed-built Agena second stages. 

The first attempted launch of a Thor-Agena was on the 28th. February 1959. 

The first successful launch was on the 13th. April 1959, launching Discoverer 2. It was the first two-stage rocket to place a satellite into orbit.
   

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