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    Airframe Family: de Havilland DH-106 Comet / HS Nimrod
    Latest Model:Nimrod MR.2
    Last Military Serial:XV226 RAF
    Construction Number:8001
    Compressed ID:Hawker Siddeley Nimrod MR.2 sn XV22...
    Latest Owner or Location:Bruntingthorpe Cold War Jets Collection, Great Barrington Airport, Bruntingthorpe, Leicestershire / Leics, England

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Nimrod MR.1 by Hawker Siddeley.

    28 June 1968

    First flight.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n XV226.

    13 August 1977


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: Nimrod MR.1 in the static park at the 1977 RAF Lossiemouth Open Day.

    By June 1981

    Transferred to 42SQN, RAF Saint Mawgan.
    Operated with markings: 26

    27 June 1981


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at RAF Greenham Common IAT

    12 July 1985


    Photographer: Ken Videan
    Notes: Landing at IAT Fairford.

    Converted to a Nimrod MR.2 by Hawker Siddeley.

    23 May 1992


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: Nimrod MR.2 of 42 Squadron on the flight-line at the 1992 RAF Mildenhall Air Fete.

    By June 1998

    Transferred to 201SQN, Kinloss Maritime Wing, RAF Kinloss.
    Operated with markings: 26

    16 June 1998


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: Nimrod MR.2 of the Kinloss Maritime Reconnaissance Wing landing on Runway 08 at RAF Kinloss in the Summer of 1998.

    13 July 2005


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: arriving at RAF Fairford for RIAT

    17 July 2009


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at RAF Fairford RIAT

    19 July 2009


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at RAF Fairford RIAT

    19 July 2009


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: 40th anniversary of RAF Nimrod service - badges of all squadrons that Nimrods served with during that time.

    20 July 2009


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: departing RAF Fairford after RIAT

    27 April 2010

    Last flight.

    29 April 2010

    To Bruntingthorpe Cold War Jets Collection, Great Barrington Airport, Bruntingthorpe, Leicestershire/Leics, England.
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    18 November 2012


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Nimrod - flown into Bruntingthorpe 29 April 2010 for preservation
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Royal Air Force Aircraft XA100 to XZ999 by James Halley
    Internet Sources
     Aerodata Quantum+
    UK Serials Resource Centre by Wolverhampton Aviation Group
    Individual Contributors
     John Bennett
    Terry Fletcher
    Robert Nichols
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