Hawker Siddeley Nimrod MR2, XV226 / 8001, Royal Air Force
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Registration: XV226
Construction Number: 8001
Code Number: 26
Military Unit: 42 Squadron
Model Hawker Siddeley Nimrod MR2
Operator: Royal Air Force
Airport: RAF Mildenhall (MHZ / EGUN), UK - England
Airshow: Mildenhall - Air Fete - 1992
Photographer: Martin Laycock
Date Taken: 23/05/1992
Date Submitted: 27/05/2010
Photographed on the flightline at Air Fete 92. This Nimrod was the first production aircraft to fly when she took to air as an MR1 on the 28th June 1968. Allocated to RAF St Mawgan based 42 Squadron which disbanded as a front-line unit later in the year in October 1992. She was retired from service on the 27th April 2010 when she was flown to Bruntingthorpe, Leicestershire becoming part of David Walton's Cold War Jets collection.
Picture ID:1233850