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    Airframe Family: de Havilland DH-106 Comet / HS Nimrod
    Latest Model:Nimrod MR.2
    Last Military Serial:XV254 RAF
    Construction Number:8029
    Compressed ID:British Aerospace Nimrod MR.2 sn XV...
    Latest Owner or Location:South Wales Aviation Museum, Saint Athan Airport, Eglwys-Brewis, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Nimrod MR.1 by Hawker Siddeley.

    1971

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n XV254.

    1 June 1971

    Transferred to Saint Mawgan Wing, Saint Mawgan, Cornwall.

    10 March 1976

    Transferred to Kinloss Maritime Reconnaissance Wing, Kinloss, Scotland.

    1980

    Converted to a Nimrod MR.2 by British Aerospace at Woodford, Cheshire.

    1 October 1980

    Transferred to Kinloss Wing, Kinloss, Scotland.
    Operated with markings: 54

    9 April 1983


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at RAF Marham Airshow

    29 July 1994


    Photographer: Ken Videan
    Notes: On finals to Fairford.

    15 July 2006


    Photographer: Ken Videan
    Notes: At RIAT Fairford.

    Circa 2009

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the Royal Air Force.

    2010

    To Inverness Dalcross, Dalcross Industrial Estate, Highland, Scotland.
    Forward fuselage only.
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    5 July 2016


    Photographer: Jon Wickenden
    Notes: At the Highland Museum, Inverness

    23 February 2021

    To South Wales Aviation Museum, Saint Athan Airport, Eglwys-Brewis, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Internet Sources
     South Wales Aviation Group
    UK Serials Resource Centre by Wolverhampton Aviation Group
    Individual Contributors
     Andrew Appleton
    Ken Videan
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