<p>c/n 8024.
Built 1970 at Woodford as a standard maritime reconnaissance MR.1, later being updated to an MR.2 in 1985.
In 1996 she was converted to a specially equipped R.1 signal intelligence aircraft for 51sqn at RAF Waddington. This was to replace R.1 ‘XW666’ which ditched and was written off, without loss of life, in May 1995.
She served in this role until retired in July 2011. She was then flown to Kemble, the last ever Nimrod flight, before being dismantled and moved to Cosford by road.
RAF Museum, Cosford, Shropshire, UK.
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14th August 2016
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/people/65001151@N03">Alan Wilson</a> from Stilton, Peterborough, Cambs, UK
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/ajw1970/36531009942/">Hawker Siddeley Nimrod R.1 ‘XV249’</a>