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    Airframe Family: de Havilland DH-106 Comet / HS Nimrod
    Latest Model:Nimrod MR.1
    Last Military Serial:XV249 RAF
    Construction Number:8024
    Compressed ID:Hawker Siddeley Nimrod MR.1 sn XV24...
    Latest Owner or Location:Royal Air Force Museum, Midland, Cosford, Shropshire, England

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Nimrod MR.1 by Hawker Siddeley.

    22 December 1970

    First flight.

    2 February 1971

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n XV249.
    The delivery date is provided.

    February 1971

    Transferred to 206 Squadron, Kinloss, Scotland.

    17 June 1978


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: Nimrod MR.1 of 203 Squadron on display at the 1978 RAF Waddington Airshow.

    June 2011

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the Royal Air Force.
    Retired after more than 18,000 hours in service including turns in Malta and Libya.

    29 July 2011

    Last flight.

    From August 2011 to March 2012

    On behalf of the owner stored with/at Air Salvage International, Kemble Airport, Kemble, Gloucestershire, England.
    Dismantled for road transport to RAF Museum Cosford.
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    March 2012

    To Royal Air Force Museum, Cosford, Cosford, Shropshire, England.
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    28 November 2012


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: 2012 photo taken outside the Royal Air Force Museum in Cosford UK

    28 November 2012


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: 2012 photo taken outside the Royal Air Force Museum in Cosford UK

    28 November 2012


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: 2012 photo at RAF MUSEUM, Cosford with special retirement tail markings

    To Royal Air Force Museum, Midland, Cosford, Shropshire, England.
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