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    Airframe Family: de Havilland DH-106 Comet / HS Nimrod
    Latest Model:Nimrod MRA.4
    Last Military Serial:ZJ515 RAF
    Construction Number:8033
    Compressed ID:BAE Systems Nimrod MRA.4 sn ZJ515 R...
    Latest Owner or Location:Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Nimrod MR.1 by Hawker Siddeley.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n XV258.

    17 September 1983


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: Nimrod MR.1 of the Kinloss Maritime Wing on display at the 1983 RAF Leuchars Airshow.

    1 July 1993


    Photographer: allan clegg
    Notes: Hawker Siddeley Nimrod C/N 8033 XV258 taken in July, 1993

    24 July 1993


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: Nimrod MR.2, callsign Nine Sierra Romeo, of 206 Squadron at RAF Kinloss on the flight-line at the 1993 International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire.

    19 July 1995


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Dayton International Air and Trade Show at Dayton, Ohio.

    19 July 1995


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Dayton International Air and Trade Show at Dayton, Ohio.

    20 July 1996


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at Dayton Air and Trade Show in Dayton, Ohio.

    Remanufactured as a Nimrod MRA.4 by BAE Systems.

    New serial number assigned: ZJ515 RAF

    On behalf of the owner stored with/at Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England.
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    17 February 2010


    Photographer: Mike Powney
    Notes: 2010 photo at Woodford, Manchester, UK

    24 February 2011

    Scrapped.
    Scrapped at Woodford, Greater Manchester, England. Cockpit section to Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England.
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