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Hawker Siddeley Nimrod R.1 XV249 on display at RAF Cosford Museum - (from MR. Mk1 to MR. Mk2 then R1 to R1 Mk1)

RAF Nimrod R.1 XV248 was unveiled at RAF Cosford Museum on Friday 28th September 2012 and form part of the external exhibition of static aircraft.


Built as a Nimrod MR. Mk 1, XV249 made its first flight in 1970 with delivery to the RAF in early 1971. In 1976 she was involved in the ‘Cod War’ and also participated in Operation Tapestry which involved Fishery Protection and Gas Platform Surveillance. In March 1985, XV249 was delivered to RAF Kinloss having been converted to MR Mk 2 standard, being fitted with a new avionics and equipment suite and having the Shackleton-era radar replaced with the EMI Searchwater System.

In October 1995, XV249 went to BAe Woodford and was stripped of all ASW equipment and converted to R1 standard with the installation of additional atenna fittings. From 1997 she was flown as a fully equipped R Mk1 aircraft and in May 2011, after operations in Libya, she was withdrawn from normal service. In 2012, dismantling began at Kemble.

Read full article; titled 'Nimrod R1 unveiling at Cosford RAF Museum' carried in Airscene.co.uk

Also similar; (but shorter) in article titled 'Nimrod R.1 unveiled at Museum' Published on: 28 September 2012 carried in RAF Cosford Museum website

and further; an article (with some photographs of interior) titled 'BAe Nimrod R.1 XV249 at RAF Museum Cosford - Posted by Tony Wilkins on August 17, 2015;[/b] carried in DEFENCE OF THE ////REALM

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Late addition; nearly missed this one out :oops: (as included above - not open to explore on the day of visit)

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The following excerpt comes from an article in the 'Target Aviation Photography' website under the title:-
Nimrod R.1 takes its final bow after 37 years of service RAF Waddington June 28, 2011


The very secretive Nimrod R.1
Not much is known about the exact nature of the Nimrod R.1s activities as the United Kingdom's only electronic reconnaissance aircraft, apart from its role of examining routine; radio and mobile telephone transmissions, radar emissions and also providing electronic combat support for our military commanders. What has been revealed is that a team of 24 Signals and Intelligence (SIGINT) equipment operators four flight crew and a mission supervisor typically manned each R1 flight. Specialists were accommodated at 13 side-facing equipment consoles in the fuselage; consoles 1-5 are located on the port side with consoles 6-13 on the starboard side. Additional forward facing single-man stations are on the opposite side of the narrow isle. Many of the operatives were linguist's capable of interpreting communications including those made by mobile telephones. Other specialisations included mission commanders, radar specialists, air signals and data-link specialists.

In my opinion, a most acceptable appraisal of the R1 in general and the R1 XV249 in particular can be found in this link to an article in Aviation Photography.

Good images and supporting/associated text throughout.



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Nimrod R.1 XV249 was given special markings to commemorate the types 37 years of service. The artwork depicts the 51 Squadrons' goose used on their crest on the aircraft nose with the inscription 'RAF Waddington 1995 - 2011' on the tail fin.
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Thank you Harry for a very interesting post and narrative on the subject , which I read as much as I could decipher on my screen , all of which was very interesting to read and gain an insight on .
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