Hawker Siddeley HS.801 Nimrod R.1 XW665
Royal Air Force - Hawker Siddeley HS.801 Nimrod R.1 XW665 (msn 8040), of no.51 Squadron at RAF Wyton. One of three Nimrods especially ordered for use as Electronic and Signals Intelligence gathering aircraft. With highly specialised electronic surveillance equipment the Nimrod R.1s were extensively used to gather intelligence form the former Warsaw Pact countries, flying over the Baltic sea and arctic seas, as well as hot-spots worldwide
Picture No
13922560
Media ID
48437702
Size
5433px x 2700px
(5.9MB)
Credit
© The Tony Lovelock Collection / Peter Butt / Mary Evans
Source
scan of original print by Tony Lovelock
Date
circa 2000
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Baltic Electronic Especially Extensively Gather Highly Hot-spots Hs.801 Intelligence Nimrod Nimrods No.51 Ordered Pact R.1s Signals Specialised Surveillance Worldwide Wyton
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