Dates

Event

1969

Constructed as a Nimrod MR.1 by Hawker Siddeley.

2 October 1969

Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n XV230.

October 1969

Transferred to 236 Operational Conversion Unit, RAF Saint Mawgan, Cornwall.

26 June 1971

Photographer: Peter Nicholson
Notes: Nimrod MR.1 of 236 Operational Conversion Unit flying at the 1971 Woodford Airshow.

10 July 1971

Photographer: Peter Nicholson
Notes: Nimrod MR.1 of 236 Operational Conversion Unit in a fly-past at the 1971 RNAS Lossiemouth Airshow.

1974

Transferred to 42 Squadron, RAF Saint Mawgan, Cornwall.

By 1982

Converted to a Nimrod MR.2 by Hawker Siddeley.

13 June 1992

Photographer: Peter Nicholson
Notes: Nimrod MR.2 of the Kinloss Maritime Reconnaissance Wing at the 1992 Air Tattoo International at Boscombe Down.

19 July 1997

Photographer: Peter Nicholson
Notes: Nimrod MR.2 of 201 Squadron Kinloss Maritime Wing on display at the 1997 International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire.

Transferred to RAF Kinloss, Moray, Scotland.

2 September 2006

Crashed.
Summary: The airframe was written off. There were 14 fatalities. It was a local military flight from Muscat-Seeb Airport (MCT/OOMS), Oman. The accident occurred at 20 km (12. 5 mls) W of Kandahar (Afghanistan) while en route. Narrative: BAe Nimrod XV230 departed at 13:43 for a mission over Afghanistan, in support of coalition forces engaging the Taliban. At 15:30 the airplane rendezvoused with an RAF Lockheed TriStar tanker and received fuel in an air-to-air refuelling procedure that lasted 10 minutes...
For a complete description of the event read the Aviation Safety Network Report.